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Julia Tasedan, Josie Flores, Dion Domurat

Part 1:

Mary Shelley’s, Frankenstein is predominantly seen by literary analysts as a modern day Prometheus. In comparison to the two, both stories have a creator who does not consider the consequences of his action. Just as Dr. Frankenstein brought this human-creature, Prometheus gave fire to the humans. Up until Dr. Frankenstein’s creation came to life, he was enthused and curious of his creation. After he brought his creation to life, Dr. Frankenstein rejects and abandons his creation because he was not ready to take responsibility for the monsters action. Much like Dr. Frankenstein, Prometheus was attached to his creation of humans and wanted to fulfill his curiosity of humans with fire. Prometheus did not think of the outcome of the situation but rather acted hastily.

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//Prometheus Unbound// and //Frankenstein// only have one thing in common, the defiance of creation. Basically, both stories break down the fact that when something is created, the rest of the world must respond to this and make room or not. Prometheus creates fire, man benefits greatly but the gods become upset for taking what was never his and for giving the world more then they believed was needed. Frankenstein manipulates life to construct innovation. He takes the place of God for this creature as how Prometheus gives life to all mankind with the element fire. The connections are similar in the sense that both the heroes in these stories have unique power: Prometheus has the power to see into the future therefore he can make a future for humans, while Frankenstein has keen knack for science. However there are consequential differences between the two stories. Prometheus Unbound has an optimistic view on mankind and innovation. The Greeks to the idea of foresight was taken very seriously and if Prometheus //did// have such a power he would be able to tell if Man was worth all the pain he would receive for giving them fire and hope. Whereas Frankenstein makes a life with his own hands, believing that life itself was beautiful, but once he sees the final product he refuses to show it love, distinguishing it only as a flawed entity. In Frankenstein, Frankenstein is the God and Prometheus because he gave life, but unlike Prometheus he gave up on his creation. The different outlooks of both plots are undeniable unique from one another and the two are in fact two entirely different stories considering their ideology. In conclusion, I would never say that //Frankstein// is the “Modern Day Prometheus” because Prometheus is more of the mother who believes in her kid and is even self sacrificing while Frankenstein is the step dad who only sees the child’s views and would check him out at anytime.

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Part 2:

Several themes from movies, novels, and legends can easily be compared to the original novel of //Frankenstein// by Mary Shelley. She created a plot in her book that could have been easily used in many different types of work. A large proportion of this novel is very similar to the story of Prometheus. This is because the main characters in these tales, Dr. Frankenstein and also Prometheus, have very comparable traits. Both of these characters have a sense of superiority and desire which lead to their overall defeat. Dr. Frankenstein showed many situations where he revealed that he felt as though he were god himself. While giving his creature life he distinguishes himself as a superior, god like being. It was his desire to create a man, however when life was given to what seems like a monster, Dr. Frankenstein rejects him. This novel can also be compared to modern day works, such as the movie Artificial Intelligence. The movie revolves around a couple who has created a robot in hopes to replace the memory of their injured, unrecoverable son. He is a unique child-like robot named David can speak, walk, and can even love. He is treated as though he were a real child in his new home, until the family’s real son recovers. Even though David's appearance seems to be more life-like than that of the Frankenstein Monster, they both are treated with equal rejection from their creaters. Frankenstein was rejected because of his physical appearance; while David was rejected because of his family's unability to get over the fact that he was artificial. Slowly after their real son has returned, David is abandoned by the only person he loves, his mother. The movie Artificial Intelligence could easily be resembled to Mary Shelley’s novel //Frankenstein.// In both the movie and the novel, there is a person trying to create a being that is as identical to a human as possible. After being created, these artificial beings are rejected by society and the people closest to them.

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