In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, she tackles the issue of ethical development of technology. The main character of the novel, Victor Frankenstein, creates a monster when trying to achieve his goal of creating new life from a corpse. He states his vision for his creation when he says, “A new species would bless me as its creator and source; many happy and excellent natures would owe their being to me.” (Shelley 36). The monster is a culmination of almost two years of work, two years of Victor believing he would become the god of a new species, that he was spending so much time creating. However, when he finally succeeds at his impossible task, he is immediately terrified of what he has created, and realized the horrible thing he has done. The monster goes on to murder Victor’s brother and wife, teaching Victor a lesson about creating something before thinking about the implications of how his creation would affect the world. This lesson can be compared to the technological advancements of today. Nanotechnology, for example, has raised some of the same questions as Frankenstein. The ‘grey goo’- a concept that states that if self producing nanobots got out of control, they would reproduce infinitely without any opposition, smothering the world in a grey goo. Frankenstein even addresses this when the monster asks Victor to create him a mate. Victor is immediately struck by this problem. He understands that giving the monster a mate could possibly create a new species, just like he once imagined; however, he fears that giving the monster a mate would create a species that would eradicate humanity, and not see him as its god. Frankenstein tackles the issue of the ethical advancement of technology, and issues a warning to all aspiring scientists- that innovation does not always mean improvement.