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Frankenstein
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According to the Greek poet Hesiod, the Titan demi-god Prometheus was responsible for the creation of men. He manufactured them from clay, from the natural earth. When Mary Shelley wrote or the Modern Prometheus, she left little doubt that the creator of the monster, Victor , by making a living cr ....
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....re. This is the price of tampering with nature. Prometheus’ ultimate downfall was caused, not by a poorly executed theft, but by the driving force of his own self-interest. By characterising Prometheanism, Mary Shelley’s is a critique of male egoism.
Shelley represents male egoism through the assertiveness of her glory seeking characters. The attitude of her narrator, Robert Walton, is typified by his belief in his ‘God given right’ to have ultimate success in Arctic explorations. He writes t.... |
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