The Myth of Prometheus in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Knowledge is a unique human virtue. After all, if we do not learn and master our habitat due to lack of human nature, we will not count as beasts. But knowledge can easily bring pain to all the benefits that knowledge brings to us. We have discovered a new type of medication to prolong our longevity, but this is balanced with our understanding of mortality. We have discovered new advances in technology that can bring convenience to our lives, but these advances can offset contamination polluting our world.

Comparing Mary Shelly's Frankenstein and Prometheus myths Mary Sherry's Frankenstein's subtitle is "contemporary Prometheus" and is considered a matter of course. Prometheus was a Titan who created human beings in the Greek mythology and gave firepower, a symbol of Victor Frankenstein, who created "monsters" and gave their lives. One of the most striking aspects of Frankenstein and Prometheus' mythical similarity is the underlying theme - both involve destiny actions with tragic consequences.

The complete title of Mary Sherry's novel is Frankenstein, or modern Prometheus. Therefore, it is not surprising that Mary Sherry is affected by this story. Her husband, Percy Shelly even even started writing her own Prometheus story in the form of a poem called Prometheus unbind. While Mary published Frankenstein, he started writing this work. In addition to the title, Shelly also draws out the result of seeking enlightenment and power from the story of Prometheus. JVC is the embodying of her modern Prometheus. As Prometheus, he was fascinated by electricity (lightning). I can recall the story of the moment when he was fascinated by the power of illusion.

Frankenstein's monster is often called "Frankenstein" and is a fictitious person who first appeared in Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein, or the modern prometheus. Shelley's title is thus compared with Victor Frankenstein, the creator of the monster, with the mythical character Prometheus, who shapes humans using clay and gives them firepower. In Shelley's Gothic story, Victor Frankenstein made living creatures in his laboratory through ambiguous methods of chemistry and alchemy. Shelly expressed the monster as 8 feet tall (2.4 m) tall, very ugly, sensitive and emotional. The monster tried to blend into human society but it was avoided, and it led him to seek revenge against Frankenstein. According to scholar Joseph Carroll, this monster occupies "the boundary normally defined between the hero and the enemies' characteristics."