Cloning, triumph or tragedy? The creation of life through scientific experiments is not a new concept. The idea has already existed for two hundred years. Mary Shelley was way ahead of her time when she brought human-like creatures to life in her writing of “Frankenstein, The Modern Prometheus.” The story of "Frankenstein" was written as a myth, yet it continues to leave the world intrigued even today. The idea of ​​creating human or animal life is now in flux, except there is a breakthrough in creating this new life. This is known as cloning – bringing an exact replica of cells to life to create an existing animal or human. Although human life has not yet been a part of cloning, cloning of a lamb recently occurred. The benefits of cloning and many ethical dilemmas will be discussed. According to one paper, “The technology for cloning is simple, although far from perfect.” Several opinions will also be shared from "Enemies of Promise" by J. Michael Bishop. Scientists will express their beliefs about the advancement of technology and the use of science in today's world. Many definitions of cloning have been brought to light by groups and organizations. The American Medical Association defines it as “the production of genetically identical organisms by somatic cell nuclear transfer.” Cloning is the method of producing a baby gene that has the same gene as its parent. The idea of ​​cloning began in 1997 with embryologist Ian Wilmut of the Roslin Institute in Scotland. He and his colleagues were the first to clone a lamb which they named "Dolly". Before this experiment was successful, cloning was thought to be an impossible task. It is true that cloning technology exists, but... middle of paper... it is human failure that causes problems for our society. People need to think more carefully about reality and the effects cloning could have on society before cloning itself becomes real. If human cloning is ever legalized and takes place, I certainly hope that science doesn't get the bad "rap" for it, but instead the failure of humans. We have seen the failures of Victor Frankenstein, we have seen other accounts of failures. Perhaps we should learn from the various examples that human life is extremely fragile and distorting it could change the human race forever. Works Cited Bishop, J. Michael. ³Enemies of the Promise.² 237-242 Farnsworth, Joseph (2000, April) To clone or not to clone. http://farnsworth.tripod.com/Humancloning/cloning_m.htm Marty, Martin (1997, May) A Wolf in Sheep's Cloning. http://thelutheran.org/9705/page26.html Shelley, Mary. ³Frankenstein.² 231-235