In the 21st century, Mary Shelly's Frankenstein can be viewed as a modern myth. ... This punishment was necessary because in the time of Shelley the possibility of creating life, at all, none the less a successful loving creature was too far from reality to be considered anything but fantasy. People were still in the mind set that God was the only creator; therefore, Mary Shelley could not fathom anything but disaster coming from Victor playing God. ... However, because Shelley's time believed that only God could create life the life that was created in the monster was doomed ...

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Frankenstein or the modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley, is a modern Titan Prometheus of Greek mythology in his desire to overcome man's limitations and gain God-like power. ... Shelley scholar Maurice Hindle draws attention to the differentiation between what Shelley was doing in distinction to her Gothic predecessors. ... Mary Shelley read and relied on the most recent findings and theories of science to create her tale. ... The spark of life was quasi-electrical in nature. ... Mary Shelley's classic defies strict categorization as either Gothic of Science Fiction. ...

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In Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein, Victor Frankenstein creates a character like Prometheus does, and seeks revenge like Zeus. ... [pass] a happier childhood than myself" (Shelley 37). ... Frankenstein tells Walton this because his own ambitions destroy his life. ... Victor never apologizes for what he does; he only wishes that his life is different. ... Mary Shelley clearly depicts the disenchantment of the characters in Frankenstein. ...

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God created life from the firmament. ... The scientists of today propose to create life from life. ... The subtitle to Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is The Modern Prometheus. ... Learning the secrets to creating life inevitably provides lessons to extending and improving life. ... (Shelley 200). ...

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