Frankenstein Vs Prometheus Research Paper

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Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus is horror novel. It is story about a monster that Frankenstein created who destroyed Frankenstein’s family because he rejected his creation. When I read it ,I wonder in subject of novel that how are Frankenstein and Prometheus same. Then i found that although Frankenstein same as Prometheus, when I compare them, they seem like different things.
There are reasons that they have similarities. Both characters are creator. Prometheus creates the human and Frankenstein creates the monster which compare human same as monster. They want to overcome the nature. Prometheus overcomes Zeus which he is king of gods. He stoles light from Zeus to human and deceives him to choose bone to adoring that led to Zeus is …show more content…

They have different responsibility. Frankenstein didn’t took responsibility about his action. He abandoned his creation.It makes monster live alone and affect it is cruel. Unlike Frankenstein, Prometheus took responsibility and he help the humans from the punishment of Zeus. He pitied human that don’t have light to use for life, so he stoles light which Zeus seizes to human. Although it made Zeus angry and he got punished. At last, both their personality are different. Frankenstein is selfish because he often thinks of himself first. For instance, when he was scared of the monster, he asked Henry to come live near. Beside he always said that faith fixed his life such as he said that “Thus spoke my prophetic soul, as, torn by remorse, horror, and despair, I beheld those l love spend vain sorrow upon the graves of William and Justine, the first hapless victims to my unhallowed arts”. These words reflect that he does not accept wrong action. Another event, when the monster asked him to create female monster for him and he refused to do it which made the monster angry. The monster said “I will be with you on your weding night.” Which first thought of Frankenstein is himself. He thinks that monster will kill him, but in reality, he should have thought about his bride. These reasons prove that Frankenstein is selfish. In contrast, Prometheus always thought of others first .He helped human from Zeus such as he

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