Essay Comparing Frankenstein And The Birthmark

Mike Pence, an American politician and the current Governor of Indiana once stated, “Human Cloning is coming”(Pence 1). This creates an anxious atmosphere that leave societies questioning if the knowledge, consequences, and ethics are even a reasonable approach towards the idea of cloning. Both “The Birthmark” by Nathaniel Hawthorne and Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, have themes that convey a meaning not to mess with nature’s creations. These two literary examples are evidence that cloning obviously has a vast and unpredictable outcome that are not to be ignored. Moreover, cloning is a highly questionable pursuit of science that may lead to possible destruction if not monitored carefully. The treacherous knowledge behind cloning -how cloning can create a “monster”- will induce uncertain devastation to mankind, ethics, and knowledge that has been proven by works of literature such as “The Birthmark” and Frankenstein.
Obtaining an abundant amount of knowledge about cloning or similar topics can create an erratic product that could be

Mercola states how a gene transfer could frequently generate uncertain offsprings; “Horizontal gene transfer involves injecting a gene from one species into a completely different species, which yields unexpected and often unpredictable results” (Mercola 2). How exactly does the cloning process work? The process involves the removing of a mature somatic cell from a species then transferring the cell into an egg cell, from a donor, which contains no nucleus. This cloning process shows the certainty of the outcome cannot always be a hundred percent. Furthermore, the outcome of any cloning process cannot be a positive situation. This is because scientists are injecting one gene from a species into an entirely different species, creating the possibility of a “normal” outcome to be