In the context of the text, how does this excerpt from Frankenstein explore the limits of what humans can and should create? What should humans avoid attempting to control or create? Cite examples from the text, your own experience, and other literature, art, or history in your answer.

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The excerpt is:

As I said this I suddenly beheld the figure of a man, at some distance, advancing towards me with superhuman speed. He bounded over the crevices in the ice, among which I had walked with caution; his stature, also, as he approached, seemed to exceed that of a man. I was troubled; a mist came over my eyes, and I felt a faintness seize me; but I was quickly restored by the cold gale of the mountains. I perceived, as the shape came nearer (sight tremendous and abhorred!) that it was the wretch whom I had created. I trembled with rage and horror, resolving to wait his approach and then close with him in mortal combat. He approached; his countenance bespoke bitter anguish, combined with disdain and malignity, while its unearthly ugliness rendered it almost too horrible for human eyes. But I scarcely observed this; rage and hatred had at first deprived me of utterance, and I recovered only to overwhelm him with words expressive of furious detestation and contempt.

"Devil," I exclaimed, "do you dare approach me? And do not you fear the fierce vengeance of my arm wreaked on your miserable head? Begone, vile insect! Or rather, stay that I may trample you to dust! And, oh! That I could, with the extinction of your miserable existence, restore those victims whom you have so diabolically murdered!"

"I expected this reception," said the daemon. "All men hate the wretched; how, then, must I be hated, who am miserable beyond all living things! Yet you, my creator, detest and spurn5 me, thy creature, to whom thou art bound by ties only dissoluble by the annihilation of one of us. You purpose to kill me. How dare you sport thus with life? Do your duty towards me, and I will do mine towards you and the rest of mankind. If you will comply with my conditions, I will leave them and you at peace; but if you refuse, I will glut the maw of death, until it be satiated with the blood of your remaining friends."

Answer:

This excerpt shows that the human being must limit himself to creating what he can control and maintain over his domain. This means that human beings must avoid creating and controlling rational, thinking and endowed beings with reason and wisdom.

Explanation:

As we can see in the text above, Dr. Frankenstein is outraged, disgusted and sorry for his creation and everything the creature is capable of doing. He comes to refer to the creature as a demon, something extremely evil and merciless that only causes pain and destruction.

This shows how the human being must not create something that he cannot control and that cannot be kept within the limits imposed by the human being. Humans must avoid controlling and creating what is rational, endowed with intelligence, reasoning and controlling their own actions and adopting their own concepts and wills, as is the case with the creature created by Frankenstein.