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The novel Frankenstein was written during the Industrial Revolution, a time that the ___
(61)___ of people believed advances in science and the development of new technologies would make the world a better place. It was ___
(62)___ to as the first work of science fiction. In this book, the author, Mary Shelly, pointed out the dangers and disadvantages of new technology and science. In this novel, the “hero” Victor Frankenstein, the creator of the monster, attended the University of Ingolstadt, ___
(63)___ his interest in the teachings of the physical sciences prompted him to study them at that time. He sought to combine the best of old and new science to create a new ___
(64)___. Victor became obsessed with the idea of creating the human form and acted upon it. Immediately after creating the monster, Victor fell into a ___
(65)___ and fear. He left the university and returned home to his family, only to find tragedies there. ___
(66)___ his youngest brother's murderer was his creation, he set off to find the creature. Victor spent most of the novel trying to defeat the monster. ___
(67)___ was Victor's combination of old and new science that led him down a path to self-destruction. This is one of Shelley's themes: "How can we harness the knowledge that we have ___
(68)___ it is not self-destructive?" The answer is never an easy one, and Shelley is not clear on her feelings about the use or abuse of technology. The reanimation of man from the dead is a useful thing to bring people back into existence who have died too soon, but what responsibility must we bear ___
(69)___ we bring people back from the dead? This is a morally confusing question. Thus, we are stuck in a dilemma: "How far can we go in raising the dead without destroying the living?" Shelley seems to ___
(70)___ that man cannot handle becoming both like God and a creator without much difficulty.
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