Still Creatures

For all the gifts and abilities that God has given us, we are still his creatures who do not possess the divine control over life. But that limit is rejected in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. The doctor believes his power to rival God’s, and he intends to inject life into his own creation. When he does so he creates something incredible, but a lifeform he ultimately sees as monstrous.

When we attempt to animate something on our own, we struggle with…