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The Inevitability Of Creation And Cloning In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

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In Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, Dr. Frankenstein creates life like God did in the Bible when he created Adam. God created Adam from mud while Dr. Frankenstein created his “demon” from dead body parts. God also gave his creation intelligence; immortality and domination over other creatures while Dr. Frankenstein could only provide immortality. In today’s society people are trying to possess the ability of creation and cloning which are privileges no human should have. In the Bible God created life with mud where no life existed, and gave Adam the Garden of Eden so that he could live for eternity with everything he could ever want. However, it was inevitable that Adam would eat from the tree of knowledge, therefore, obtaining vast knowledge

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