Prometheus was punished because of his thievery was tethered to the rock with pain being inflicted by an eagle. Victor’s pain comes in the form of the deaths of all those he held dear. Victor blames himself for the deaths of William, Justine, Henry Clerval, and Elizabeth, “I called myself the Murderer of William, Justin and Clerval” (Shelley 157). He is tormented by the thought that he had killed his brother, his best friend and his wife all because he had created a monster just so he would receive the glory from his discoveries. In a way his ego got in the way of his judgement of the
Prometheus was punished because of his thievery was tethered to the rock with pain being inflicted by an eagle. Victor’s pain comes in the form of the deaths of all those he held dear. Victor blames himself for the deaths of William, Justine, Henry Clerval, and Elizabeth, “I called myself the Murderer of William, Justin and Clerval” (Shelley 157). He is tormented by the thought that he had killed his brother, his best friend and his wife all because he had created a monster just so he would receive the glory from his discoveries. In a way his ego got in the way of his judgement of the