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MASSOLIT_ Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and the Myth of Prometheus

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Like Prometheus, Victor managed to create a “person”—unlike Prometheus’ creations, however, Frankenstein’s monster was unique and alone. Prometheus crafted his humans in “the godlike image,” while Victor’s attempt to create an artificial human resulted in a monstrosity—perhaps, ironically, to mimic how cruel and hideous humanity actually is. The monster was attacked and abused without warrant by all of society, and as a result turned into an actual “monster”.
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Over the course of the novel, the monster undergoes numerous different aspects of growing and learning in order to develop itself into a “person”—the most influential of all being the incident with DeLacey’s family. During this period of time, the monster learns how to read and becomes acquainted with the concept of familial bonds. The monster has an epiphany and wants to have that same relationship with another person, which causes it to undergo a sort of “metamorphosis”, like that of a butterfly. It realizes what it wants and what it has to do, and is a changed person from when it was first “born”.
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Frankenstein’s monster, much like the creations of Prometheus, was the only male of its kind. It desired a female to make it feel “complete,” however it was later denied this. As a result Victor, much like Prometheus and Pandora, was punished “eternally” for his actions and curiosity.
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Prometheus’ myth is similar to that of the biblical Adam and Eve within the Garden of Eden. In each myth, the original creations are under divine protection until someone causes their downfall—for Prometheus, he caused their downfall, while Eve caused the fall of herself and Adam. Both creations were also created in their “God’s” image, however end up being disregarded once proven that they aren’t truly divine and “pure.”
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The purpose of Shelley’s sub-title was to indicate a reference otherwise unseen—she wanted the reader to notice key parallels between the story of Prometheus and her own story of Frankenstein. An example of this is the “eternal torments” both Victor and Prometheus had been subject to—while Prometheus was tormented by having his liver pecked out every day, Victor was tortured not only by himself, but also his creation.
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Frankenstein and Prometheus both created life in unnatural ways, much like how genetic scientists are able to alter genetics in order to form an unnatural creation. While Prometheus had divine power, Frankenstein and genetic scientists both rely on science. However, the “science” used within Frankenstein isn’t necessarily real, while the science used by genetic scientists has been tested and proven for a relatively long period of time.
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A “forethought” regards consideration for the future. While Victor acknowledged the “good” his creation could do, such as ridding mankind of death and illness, he did not consider the lasting effects of his actions. Therefore, it can be considered a function of forethought.

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Step 3, Question 1:  Prometheus' wanted to gain insight that he was not ready for.  In doing so, he had a harsh consequence.  This is exactly the same for Victor F.
Step 3, Question 2: Metamorphosed means to slowly change into something, and Victor did this.  He took remaining parts of nothing and made it into something- a living creature.
Step 4, Question 1:  Victor relates to Prometheus in this text because they both created something to be better then ever.  They had ideas of how they wanted their creation to look.  Zues related to the creature by acting out of revenge, with an eternity of pain.  Pandora relates to Victor as she is overwhelmed by  the need to know something, and does as  not told, creating the worst.
Step 4, Question 2: Adam and Eve is much like when Victor  was to create a companion for the creature.  God created Eve for Adam to have, since he was the only one like his kind.
Step 5, Question 1: Shelley wanted to make a clear connection because her story seems almost completely based off of Prometheus.  Victor made a creation, as did P., and in return they were both punished.  This punishment was inevitable, and will forever be with them.  There were times Victor resembled  P. or times he resembles Zues, but it was often shown throughout the whole novel.
Step 5, Question 2: P. and Victor are very much alike genetic scientists. They are making something out of basically nothing to look how they want them to look. Although, genetic scientist are not allowed to follow through with these creations because they are not morally excepted. They cannot risk the chance of something bad coming out of the creations, as Victor and P. did.
Step 5, Question 3:  When something is forethought, it is taken into great consideration of consequences that may come along with it in the future.  Victor did not do this.  He had a dream he wanted to complete, spent years studying it, and completed it without any thought of what he would do with the creature in the future.  He created the monster because he was inclined to, he had a  desire to create something never heard of before.  He did not care about consequences.

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Step 3 Question 1) In the excerpt is shows the actual creation of  mankind. When Prometheus was given the task to create a new species that would inhabit earth, he decides to create them in the image of gods. "...the godlike image caste..." He created them in relation to the superior species. When Victor was creating his experiment, he did just a Prometheus did created it in an image of himself, a superior being, and to the creature a "godlike" species. "... I should attempt the creation of a being like myself, or one of simpler organisation..."     Step 3 Question 2) Metamorphosed is to undergo a change, like how the clay became human beings, the decaying and rotting body parts that Victor used to bring back to life. And even through the whole story for the time of  creation to when the creation wept over the death of his creator. He learned and changed and reacted  jut like humans as the grow up.
Step 4 Question 1) The connection to the knowledge of man is the torch lit by Prometheus and given to his creation and the creation is the monster in Frankenstein. An example of this portion of the myth would be in the cabin where the minster found shelter under the indirect care of DeLacy and his family. As Felix had read to Safie about the history of man and the tales that were created by man, in that the monster found that in that in learning that knowledge was like when Pandora released the evils in the world. It was one of event that turned everything the wrong way for the monster in learning the cruel nature of man.                            Step 4 Question 2) Like some of the other cultural creation stories women where created second, in the book of Genesis Eve was created from Adam’s rib and women where brought in the world and like Pandora, Eve let knowledge in the world. After she was convinced by the serpent to eat from the forbidden fruit, and then got Adam to eat it. Like the Christian, Judaism, and Islamic belief a god created everything or created gods that created that created certain things because there were giver specific powers. Some stories like the Mayans creation story, the creation of man was to praise the creators and then made women to mate with men to have an everlasting population of worshipers.
Step 5 Question 1) When the read this story and they have the connection to this piece of work and this part particularly, you can create an almost instant connection to Victor when he created his monster. Like some unspoken force had damned him to an eternity of pain like Prometheus felt day in and day out. When Zeus says “…gave to mortals honors not their due…” almost meaning that the light, fire, the warmth that was given to man was given prematurely just like the knowledge that Victor seeked. The way that the monster was treated and how that they only saw the outward appearance.
Step 5 Question 2) The differences in the two characters were motives and rewards. Victor since he was young wanted to be able to place his name next to some of the world’s more renowned scientist, he could make man far more advanced, he would be praised for it he would have fulfilled his desire from a young age. Prometheus had created a species and cared for them and felt they deserved a gift from him that the gods only had. Prometheus had created something and saw it more than his creation he cared for it unlike Victor. To Victor his creation was an experiment that was created and could be thrown away and he would be better without it.
Step 5 Question 3) The creation was created all in the thought of how it would be used later in the future of mankind, if Victor was successful he said it would make man invincible and that one day the only way to dying is of a violent death. He created to place his name in the mouths of doctors, scientist, teachers, historians, and everyone in between.

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1) The most basic similarity between Prometheus's creation and Frankenstein's is that they were projects that ventured into the unknown. It begs the reader to ask, "Is the world really ready for this? Was this the right thing to do?" Another similarity is that they both faced repercussions for their actions. Prometheus suffered an eternity of physical agony whereas Frankenstein is harassed to no end until the monster exhausts him.
A monumental difference between the two stories occurs in how the creator views his creation. Prometheus loves the humans he made and he wanted to give them a gift. He saw the fire he gave the people as a sign of affection. Meanwhile, Victor Frankenstein hated what he made and himself for making it. He fled from his child and consistently punished the monster. The monster was a mistake, people and their fire were intentional.
2) The word metamorphosed intertwines so naturally with the story of Frankenstein because the creation of the monster transformed a figure of dead parts sewn together into a foreign being: something never before endeavored. With a spark of electricity, this creature is animated, a true metamorphosis from lifeless to actual sentience.

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Both Prometheus and Victor had curiosity towards something that they should not have received and that's what led to their demise and to their suffering. Victor wanted to create life and with that came a very unattractive, scary monster. That led to him having emotional suffering. While on the other hand Prometheus wanted to learn about the power of the Gods and gave his creation somethings that Zeus did not agree on, which led to Prometheus suffering Physically in the end.
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Victor slowly began to become obsessed with creating life and that obsession grew more and more and more each day. He placed his work before his friends and family. He changed in to a different person because of his desires to make life through his own hands.
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The events that happened in Prometheus are similar to the events in Frankenstein because Prometheus created man just like Frankenstein created his monster. But they both received punishment. Prometheus by Zeus and Frankenstein by his own creation.
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Prometheus and Jesus are very similar because they both loved man and wanted to give them something better.
Pandora relates to the story of Adam and Eve because Eve ate the forbidden fruit and Pandora opened the box that she was not supposed to which in the end both received something world changing.
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Mary Shelley wanted the reader to
know that Frankenstein was going to be very similar to the story Prometheus and that there would be many connections of the legend throughout the story as well. She wanted the reader to see similarities in Victor and Prometheus, Victor and Zeus, and Zeus and Victor's creation. As well as the outcome of the whole story of their demise and what could happen if you knew too much and wanted to know more.

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Prometheus and Victor both defied the laws of nature, they both didn’t leave creating life to God or to nature.  Both created a creation that resembled man, and the “perfect being”.  Frankenstein’s creature and fire were both denied in the beginning when they were introduced to mankind.  Mankind had never experienced either the monster or fire before, and the only way mankind knew how to respond was to be afraid.

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The word “metamorphosed” applies to the creation of Frankenstein’s creature by the creature learning how to act properly in society, even though he was never able to be a part of it.  He learned how to read, speak, basically do anything an average man could do.  He was able to adapt to a society that always denied him.  He learned how to read peoples emotions and have his own emotions and ideas that made him in a way more human than a monster.

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Both Prometheus and Frankenstein wanting to make mankind better, being the creation of the monster/ the creation of fire.  They also made their creation “better” than animals/ human beings.  Neither Frankenstein nor Prometheus thought about the consequences that would occur due to their creations, and those consequences resulted in the people or ideas they loved were taken away from them.  For Pandora, Frankenstein and Pandora both had a downfall due to their curiosities.  Frankenstein’s downfall was the monster and Pandora’s was opening the box.  Their want of intelligence made a lot of problems not just for themselves but the men and woman around them.

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The legend of Azazel.  Azazel being one of heaven’s angels that turned dark when he sympathized with Satan.  Questioned God about creating human beings when he has angels who could be even better than human beings.  He was later sent down to earth as one of the “fallen angels” because of his defiance.  Instead of spreading beauty, he spread evil.  He taught men the art of welfare and how to make weapons.  Jesus and Prometheus thought of only ways to better man kind but both ended with going through a horrible punishment.  Their punishments were different but the reasoning were both similar.

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Shelley’s overall purpose for her subtitle was to make her readers infer that there will be a similarity between the story of Frankenstein and the story of Prometheus.  The connections she wants her readers to see are the ideas of Frankenstein and Prometheus.

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The connections that can be made between Frankenstein and Prometheus did was that they both were punished for their ideas and for not taking care of them as well.  They both wanted to help improve society or humans, not to bring harm onto them.  Prometheus’ punishment was to have his liver be picked at every day by crows and then he would have time to recover before the punishment would repeat over and over again because he was immortal.  Frankenstein’s punishment was the actions of the monster.  Frankenstein lost more than a liver every day, he lost all the people he loved due to his creation.  Both Frankenstein and Prometheus created their creations from nothing, (i.e. for Prometheus sand and clay and for Frankenstein, spare parts).

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Frankenstein created his monster as a forethought and a function of thought.  When Frankenstein was researching and studying on how to create the monster, it could be said that he created the monster as a forethought.  But Frankenstein didn’t think of the possible consequences of creating the monster.  So creating the monster could also be considered a function of thought.

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See all the wonderful things Donald Stockton has made

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“With an anxiety that almost amounted to agony, I collected the instruments of life around me, that I might infuse a spark of being into the lifeless thing that lay at my feet.”

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“With an anxiety that almost amounted to agony, I collected the instruments of life around me, that I might infuse a spark of being into the lifeless thing that lay at my feet.”

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Shelley's overall purpose for her sub-title was to have a less wordy way to elaborate on the moral or lesson of novel. She wanted her readers to connect the ideas of creation equaling punishment and knowledge being highly sought after and abused to her story's overarching take-away. 2. 