Frankenstein by Mary Shelley The Modern Prometheus "You are my creator, but I am your master, obey!" These are the wise words of Mary Shelley, author of the first ever Gothic Sci-Fi novel to date. In the book certain issues are raised; for example, was victor morally correct in creating the monster? The main arguments of the book are: Religion Versus Science, Procreation Versus Creation, God Versus Man and Knowledge Versus Ignorance. In this essay …
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…have been done much more safely, but he would have had more support, and better facilities to do it in. Modern day examples of this kind of experiment are: Cloning, Genetic Modification, and test tube babies, all very modern controversial issues. Victors actions would have been much more severely dealt with nowadays, as he could be compared to Adolf Hitler, or even Harold Shipman as these were both serial killers who did a terrible thing.