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  • Essay / The importance of creation in Frankenstein - 570

    “I have discovered the secret of life… and I control it: said Victor Frankenstein. Clerval responds “You are not God and you cannot create like God”. The creator's ambition to be all-powerful and God-like leads him to generate a creature that he will later regret having created. The scientist lets his zeal take over his own. He believes he is all-powerful. Morally irresponsible scientific development can unleash a monster capable of destroying human civilization itself. The film Frankenstein by author David Wicks indicates that playing with creation has terrible consequences. At first, the Frankenstein creature was mistreated by society; this leads to serious confusion around him. The first event that shows this is when Frankenstein is in the yard. He admires and imitates Greek statues when the citizens of the city encounter him and are horrified by their appearance. They flee and arrive with soldiers mounted on horses who offensively stab Frankenstein. Childish, creation is confused; he doesn't understand why they attacked him. From this example, we know the ...