The Thieved Power of Creation, Frankenstein
Mary Shelley uses the "mythic figure", Prometheus, as a basis for the dark novel Frankenstein. The characteristics of this mythical being corresponds with the combination of Victor Frankenstein's and the monster's intellect, conscience, and desire.The creator and the creation share a dual personality, theoretically equaling one single being with all the power compared to that of Prometheus. Creation and destruction,moral conscience and the desire for murderous revenge are thematical depictions of this antithetical relationship between Frankenstein and his monster. The mad-scientist cannot fully be compared to the mythical being without his counterpart or shadow, his son bornof ambition, because the monster is an extension of his true self. Prometheanism in Shelley's novel is understood through this combination of the creator and his creation with the titan and the scientist sharing a variety of the same powers. In the Afterward to Frankenstein, Harold Bloom refers to Prometheus as causing the "alienation of man from heaven"(Bloom 214) by molding man from clay, discovering fire, and indirectly causing the creation of Pandora(Parada 2). Victor Frankenstein's pretentious desire for creation remove
hatred for his creator while Frankenstein inevitably wishes to murder his beast of a "son". The novel concludes with the death of the scientist, and the monster desiring to kill himself because of his misery and the misery he has caused others. The monster cannot survive without his counterpart, his other identity, hence his death is unavoidable. and fled his responsibilities"(217). Prometheus completes this quest of unbounded love symbolized with the sexual reunion of him and Asia, while the scientist cannot find this power within him. The titan and the scientist are unlike because Frankenstein never loves his creation, instead he attempts to pacify the monster's needs with the creation of another beast; a female that will love the monster because Frankenstein is unable to. If the scientist could only love his creation he would be like: "...a celestial spirit that has a portraying the correlation between the mad-scientist Victor Frankenstein and the titan Prometheus. Although many similarities between these two creators are observed, such as the power of creation and destruction, there are still differences in their actions. Prometheus owns the ability to accept the situation he created and love his monster; Frankenstein does not find this side of himself because it's submerged in guilt and hatred for himself and his m
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