Modern technology has given the world many new abilities and possibilities. We have progressed from preserving life to mending life, and now scientists have the ability to facilitate the creation of life. Many concerns from both the public and the scientific community have risen to comment on this manner of innovation. The scientific community took a large step forward with the results of genetically modifying animals and life outside of the human genome, however, the human genome may be included soon. Mary Shelley’s technological cautions in Frankenstein are reflected in the modern world in the genetic modification in humans. Similarly to the nature of the creation of the monster in Frankenstein, discussions about genetic engineering show …show more content…
Frankenstein is a story about a man, Victor Frankenstein, who creates a living monster and loses control of his creation. The only moment of control that Frankenstein possesses over his creation is in the preparation to give life to the monster. Once the creation awakens, Victor is instantly frightened, and he flees. After the creation finds Victor in the bedroom, Victor recounts, "I beheld the wretch — the miserable monster whom I had created. He held up the curtain of the bed; and his eyes, if eyes they may be called, were fixed on me. His jaws opened, and he muttered some inarticulate sounds, while a grin wrinkled his cheeks. He might have spoken, but I did not hear; one hand was stretched out, seemingly to detain me, but I escaped and rushed downstairs” (Shelley 35). “Detain” is the most important word from this description. The monster attempts to capture Victor, but it fails because it has not gotten acclimated to its new life and world. The monster has not even learned to speak, shown by its “inarticulate sounds.” This encounter shows how the creation attempts to exert control over Victor in its earliest moments of life. Throughout the novel, Shelley describes how the creation, or monster, gains control