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Cristina Lauria 12/30/01 Today, the first cloned human embryos have been announced. Who is to say that only “good” will come from our newfound abilities to clone people and create life? Who says that our “creatures” will be normal and not hideously deformed, not only physically, but psychologically, knowing they have no mother or father, but only a creator? “Learn from me . . . how much happier that man is who believes his native town to be the …

…the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart.” (p. 35) The end of his story leaves him without family and friends, all alone trying to mend his mistakes. Mary Shelley has a clear point in this book. It is plain where she stands. Through the creature she says, outright, “How dare you sport thus with life?” (p. 68) Man should not experiment with playing God. He cannot always control the outcome.