1. Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus
Prometheus shaped and molded man from the mud beneath his feet and the Goddess Athena breathed life into his clay creations. ... In seeing this, Prometheus so loved mankind that he stole fire from the Gods and gave it to man so that their struggles were less. ... This man answers to the name of Frankenstein. ... On page 33, he quotes, "Who shall conceive the horrors of my secret toil as I dabbed among the unhallowed damps of the grave or tortured the living animal to animate the lifeless clay.... In conclusion, in rightfully subtitling her novel "Frankenstein; or, The Modern Promethe...
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