Victor Frankenstein Research Paper

Technology and advancements have undoubtedly brought numerous benefits to humanity, yet they also possess the potential to cause harm on a massive scale. Take for example Fritz Haber, whose groundbreaking method of producing ammonia revolutionized fertilization and helped feed billions. However, the unintended consequences of his work were devastating, as it was later used to create Zyklon-B, resulting in the deaths of millions of Jews during the Holocaust. This raises the question: Should Haber have been held accountable for the atrocities his work led to, even though he did not intend for it to be used in that way? Similarly, in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, is the person who created the murderous monster, Victor Frankenstein, responsible for its actions? …show more content…
These examples highlight the ethical dilemma concerning the responsibility of creators for the consequences of their creations, whether they intend for them or not, and at which point advancements become unnecessary and excessive. Victor Frankenstein, the creator of the revengeful creature that causes the deaths of many in Mary Shelley’s aptly named Frankenstein, seemed to ask only if he could create such a creature instead of pondering on the morality of doing so. When he started his project as a young man full of vigor, he thought future generations would worship him as the creator of such a marvelous invention. He thought that by creating "a new species [they] would bless [him] as its creator and source; many happy and excellent natures would owe their being to [him]. and he might in time renew life where death had apparently devoted the body to corruption. "(Shelley Chapter 4). Victor is being somewhat self centered, only thinking only of himself for the most part, dreaming that he would become god in a way and have beings worship him as their

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