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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 technologieswould 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 newtechnology and science. In this novel, the “hero” Victor Frankenstein, the creator of themonster, attended the University of Ingolstadt, ___(63)___ his interest in the teachings of thephysical sciences prompted him to study them at that time. He sought to combine the best ofold and new science to create a new ___(64)___. Victor became obsessed with the idea ofcreating the human form and acted upon it. Immediately after creating the monster, Victor fellinto a ___(65)___ and fear. He left the university and returned home to his family, only to findtragedies there. ___(66)___ his youngest brother's murderer was his creation, he set off tofind 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 herfeelings about the use or abuse of technology. The reanimation of man from the dead is auseful thing to bring people back into existence who have died too soon, but what responsibilitymust we bear ___(69)___ we bring people back from the dead? This is a morally confusingquestion. Thus, we are stuck in a dilemma: "How far can we go in raising the dead withoutdestroying the living?" Shelley seems to ___(70)___ that man cannot handle becoming bothlike God and a creator without much difficulty.
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