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The Perils of Ambition

Victor's pursuit of forbidden knowledge without ethical boundaries leads to destruction, warning that unchecked scientific ambition produces catastrophic consequences for creator and creation alike.

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Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus

Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft · 1993

A gifted young scientist creates a grotesque creature, abandons it to horror and rejection, and is pursued across the world by the vengeance of a being whose isolation he could have prevented.