Prometheus

In Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein, the similarities and dissimilarities that Victor Frankenstein and his creation share are the key factors leading to their demise. Frankenstein’s creation, who can perhaps most accurately be referred to as a self-proclaimed fallen Adam (CITATION), parallels his creator in many ways - including in their regret of their pursuit of knowledge and the way that they both begin with good intentions but become warped and trapped in a cycle of vengeance. However, the…

In Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, cruelty is the emphasized theme in majority of the development of the plot. Victor Frankenstein, conducts a deceitful expedition to inherit satisfaction into creating a life, but over a course of time, Victor and his monstrous creation became dumbfounded by their own egocentric aspiration and aggrieved condemnation, in which it concluded into an appalling adversity for both Victor and his monstrous creation. Mary Shelley demonstrated to the audience that it is…

In the times that Frankenstein is written, exploration and application of science is exploding along with developments in all aspects in Industrial Revolution. One dramatic event in scientific community at that time is the famous “vitalist debate” engaged by two medical professionals John Abernethy advocating vitalism and William Lawrence propagating materialism. Critics constantly assume what standpoint in the debate is Shelley taking by analyzing her main character “the Creature” in…

Why Prometheus is the symbol creation? Prometheus may not be a great god who there are people respect him like Zeus or other because he is half-Titan. But there is much goodness for mankind. Anyone who not studies deeply about Greek and Mythology maybe only heard the Bible story which God who created the earth and also humans. But the fact, the Greeks tell that the first who created a man is Prometheus. "The first who created a man" Prometheus is creator who made a first man from clay. It's…

He one day encountered Dionysus’s good friend and harbored him in his house and took care of him. When he took him back to Dionysus’s, Dionysus’s gave Midas the opportunity for any wish. As his wish he wished for the ability to turn anything into gold. When he found out the burden of everything being gold and not being able to eat food he wished for it to be taken away. When he was relinquished of it he spent more time in nature and nymphs. Lived in Macedonia Ignorant, greedy, and nature…

In the novel, Frankenstein, Mary Shelley often will allude to personal experiences that have happened in her own life. She takes the events of her own life and reflects them through Victor, the monster, and other events in the novel. Examples of this include the deaths of innocent people in the novel, influence of parents, abandonment of a loved one, and how the creation of the novel, Frankenstein, is very similar to Victor’s creation of the creature (Shelley 43). Mary Shelley’s life is death…

“Metamorphosis” is a novella written by Franz Kafka and published in 1915. It is about a story of Gregor Samsa, the protagonist, who awakes one morning from a dream and finds himself transformed into a gigantic insect. “Metamorphosis” is divided into three chapters: the first chapter is about the transformation and reaction of Gregor, the second chapter is about the family tries to accommodate him after his transformation and the final chapter is about the family ignores his existence until his…

In Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein, the character Victor Frankenstein is very interested into philosophy which brought his desire to bring death to life. As Victor worked to his maximum energy to create a human he soon realized he's done. However, when the creature came to life victor was shocked but fearful of what he has done. Then Victor deserted his creature who then lived a stressful and isolated life. The opinion of whether the creature is human or not is very straightforward. Two…

Kingsmeat is the title of a short story by Orson Scott Card. While most call it science fiction, I think it's more of a piece with a futuristic-angle than hard science fiction, and is about suffering the consequences of doing what one thinks is right. And Holiness. It's about a race of beings consisting of a king and queen (and all the eggs in her abdomen) who harvest their 'kingsmeat' from the humans of Abbey Colony. After invading the planet, these many-armed and hideous creatures begin…

Throughout the novel, Mary Shelley hints at the similarity of the relationship between Frankenstein and the creature, and the relationship between God and humanity in deism. Deists believe in an unreachable and distant God who created nature and humanity, then stepped out. They believe in the principle that God abandoned the world, and the laws of nature now govern humanity. Evil and corruption only enter the world when humanity fails to live up to their potential or to the laws of nature.…