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Nature has a fascinating effect on people. Through it’s beauty it heals the hearts of those who gaze upon it. In Frankenstein, Victor visits a multitude of beautiful places as a way to escape from the dangers he faces with his creation back home. Nature brings peace and healing to his troubled heart. In the novel, Mary Shelley uses nature not only for the ideals of peace and serenity, but also for dread and despair, as seen in the scenes with ice. The ice represents the ambition of Walton and Frankenstein. They both were naive in their thinking which led them to be trapped in the ice. In this way nature had an opposite effect on them, replacing the warm and more enjoyable feelings with that of hopelessness. Sublime nature exists in real life. The feeling of being in God’s creation makes me want to be in it more and experience the joys it has to offer. Going to Colorado made me feel the same way. Taking in the fresh, cool air while hiking through trees and snow made me feel at peace. Nature does almost miraculous things to those who are in it, bringing both positive and negative effects, as explained by Mary Shelley in Frankenstein.

Bioethics is the ideology that morality plays a large part in science and biological research. When certain experiments take place, ethics and morals should be used to determine if the experiment goes against what is natural and right, and if the experiment should take place at all. Even though humans have absurd technology that can help people or help us learn about certain aspects of the world, some simply should not be enacted even if it's available. The love and search for knowledge is dangerous, and although it is a good thing to seek knowledge, our self ambitions should only push to a certain point. Our morals should prevent us from going past that point. In some cases like harvesting stem cells from embryos, our morals can be put to the test. In one sense, harvesting the stem cells to use for medical purposes seems like a safe and just thing to do. But in another sense, people are using what could be a human child to help others. This is where bioethics should be applied. Is it more just to help save others at the expense of a child's life or should we feel empathy for the embryo and try and find a safer, harder  way to save others? There are many ethical dilemmas we face in the field of science and research and it’s our choice and our morals that decide if we partake in these studies.