By the end of the 18th century, the smallpox epidemic had claimed throughout Europe millions of lives and had brought on a crisis of faith within both the Catholic and Protestant churches. The formerly ungodly practices of medicinal healing were only beginning to gain acceptance in major universities as hundreds of cities were put under quarantine for their diseases and high death rates. Interdisciplinary learning within the scientific community was unheard of. If Victor Frankenstein were alive during this period, his practices would have been considered improper. Much more so than Edward Jenner's research on smallpox during the same time, this would eventually save millions of lives in 1796. Frankenstein's intentions were good, but even during this modern age of genetic engineering and cloning, the story of his creation remains entirely evil.

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Victor Frankenstein's intentions were good. He had wanted to rid the world of hereditary defects and bacterial disease by creating the perfect man. He would do this by applying electricity to the polar regions of a body, which he had constructed from pieces of freshly executed villains, while submerging them in a pool of amniotic fluid. However, he was so determined to reach his goal that he never considered the consequences of his actions.

Though Victor had made the right decision morally, Victor's denial would bring about the monster's rage against his wife on their wedding night, as well as his father and his best friend, Henry. The monster killed them all. Victor was crushed by his losses and would chase the monster everywhere thereafter, until they both destroyed themselves in the desolation of the Arctic Sea. Victor Frankenstein's actions were doomed from the start. He attempted to make himself God's equal, and it is only natural that God would destroy him, his creation, and his incestuous relationship with his sister by his own creation. While Victor had the ability to ignore the statements of profanity gave to him by his headmaster at Ingolstadt, he could not ignore the wrath of God, working through his monster. He paid for his sins through his own creation.

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