Frankenstein And Human Cloning Analysis

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In Frankenstein, Shelley wrote a story of how unintended consequences of science led to dire results. To support this notion, Shelley wrote a story of suffering in the scientific subject which is Frankenstein’s monster. This element corresponds with the idea of the neanderthal and human cloning. The neanderthal will likely face a very similar problems that Frankenstein’s monster faced. As mentioned above, the neanderthal clone will likely suffer from unforeseen health problems, and it will also likely endure a life doomed to be considered a freak by humans like Frankenstein’s monster experienced through. Human cloning is also applied by Shelley’s story in that the cloning human will inadvertently led to destruction and suffering of the human life which jurisdiction laws can apply. From these examples, the suffering that the clones may face connect to Shelley’s idea of the unintended results of science and progress. In the scene with Captain Walton, Shelley told a story of Walton’s decision to sacrifice his ambitions for science and discovery for the safety of his crew and himself. The motive of Shelley’s story was to explain how Walton made the right decision by not endangering himself and others around him. The concepts of deer and stem cell cloning have a connection to this story in a way that they can harm people …show more content…

Shelley described this by depicting Frankenstein’s oversight, the monster’s suffering, and the potential danger of Walton’s expedition. These depictions connects with the ideas of cloning like neanderthal clone, cloned meat, and stem cell cloning which can bring unpredictable dangers. Like Frankenstein’s monster, the clone may endure an unintentionally difficult