The theme of responsibility and the dangers of science are extremely widespread in history. Victor does not care for his creation, and he and the people he loved have suffered as a direct result of this. If Victor had done even the smallest thing to help the creature get its feet back on the ground, perhaps no one would have been harmed. Everyone around Victor felt the effects of his mistakes. There are even people who feel responsible for what happens because of Victor's actions. “You do not have to be directly responsible for an accident to receive blame for its occurrence (Moss 118). Elizabeth feels responsible for William's death because she gave him the necklace that Justine was wearing. Victor feels responsible for Justine's death, too if he wasn't the one who killed her, who knows what would have happened if Victor had cared for the creature as he should have. This could have led to many different new studies and discoveries about human life and death. The recipe for immortality could have be discovered and no one would have to suffer at all. Another part of this theme concerns the dangers of science. Victor knew that he was entering territory that had not yet been mapped. There were no other scientists who did anything in that area in the way in which he did so. He had nothing substantial to work with, and it was his responsibility to know what he was getting himself into, what might happen, and what he should do during his experiments. they were finished. Just like many scientists today, Frankenstein was obviously unaware of what could happen and what the consequences would be. With all these scientific discoveries and theories discovered and hypothesized, was there a good... middle of paper ......go ahead and clone a human being? He would have no idea what would happen ethically and medically. Without doing in-depth research and debate, it is impossible to say what the outcome and consequences of that outcome will be. (Ko 28-32) The relevance of a theme in a novel is a sure way to test its value to society. For one to have a lasting effect on society, its theme must be applicable to aspects of society in every time period, from when the book was written, up until the reader's current time period. As a prime example of this, Frankenstein has a theme that has a lot of importance to the author's time and the reader's time. Responsibility in science and the danger it entails is a theme that can be applied to many topics in the world of science, from the time of Mary Shelly to the present day...