a thinking and reasoning animal
As in his initial creation Victor's impulse is to deny humanity
to the being he would endow with life. What most deeply plagues
his mind is the fact that his creation will be beyond his
control. In a theological extension of this concern, the
question before the creator is whether the new race, particularly
the female member of it, can be trusted to exercise free will.
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