Document Type
Birth and Creation Essay
Publication Date
2004
Excerpt
''What a piece of work is a man, how noble in reason, how infinite in faculties, in form and moving, how express and admirable in action, how like an angel in apprehension, how like a god· the beauty of the world, the paragon of animals. And yet to me, what is this quintessence of dust? Man delights not me, nor woman neither'' (Hamlet, Act II, Scene 2).
This quote from Shakepeare's Hamlet could suggest the initial motivations for, and ultimate reactions to, the creating of life in the Genesis account and in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. Whereas God was capable of creating life and continually sustaining and having control over his creations, Victor Frankenstein was a creator that abandoned his calling and lived a miserable and pathetic life on the run from his creation.
Recommended Citation
Zuber, Diane, "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (2004)" (2004). The Valpo Core Reader. 79.
http://scholar.valpo.edu/core_reader/79