If Prometheus had not created humans, he never would have had to withstand the cruelty of punishments doled out by Zeus. The physical torture of being chained to a rock and having an eagle eat his re-growing liver every day for three thousand years was a hefty price to pay for the development of humans (Cartwright). Similarly, though Frankenstein’s torture was emotional, his pain was just as significant as the pain of Prometheus. The loss of his loved ones, in addition to the guilt of having his creation be the reason for their demise, certainly tormented him until the end of his days. In a phrase much like the myth of Prometheus, he hopelessly declared to a friend, “I am chained in an eternal hell” (Shelley
If Prometheus had not created humans, he never would have had to withstand the cruelty of punishments doled out by Zeus. The physical torture of being chained to a rock and having an eagle eat his re-growing liver every day for three thousand years was a hefty price to pay for the development of humans (Cartwright). Similarly, though Frankenstein’s torture was emotional, his pain was just as significant as the pain of Prometheus. The loss of his loved ones, in addition to the guilt of having his creation be the reason for their demise, certainly tormented him until the end of his days. In a phrase much like the myth of Prometheus, he hopelessly declared to a friend, “I am chained in an eternal hell” (Shelley