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=__Part I__= Prometheus In the beginning of the story //Prometheus Unbound//, Prometheus is tied to the mountain and the eagle if picking on his liver. Why was he given this cruel punishment? Better yet, who gave this punishment? The punishment was given by the Zeus because Prometheus stole the fire from the heavens to give to the humans. In the end, the fire only caused destructions. Like all people, everyone makes mistakes by taking chances. Prometheus was the “hero” and Zeus was the evil in the story. The criticism in //Shelley’s First Major Lyrics and Prometheus Unbound// explains, “She remarks ‘Shelley believed that mankind had only to will that there should be no evil, and there would be non,’ This belief actually derived from this theory that ‘… evil is not inherent in the system of creation, but an accident that might be expelled… That man could be so perfectionized as to be able to expel evil from his own nature…’ This made Shelley choose Prometheus for the hero, a victim full of fortitude who, by transforming himself through a process of self-purification, would defeat the tyrannical god, the principle of evil” (Pg. 12). Prometheus was trying to help people, but the gods have to punish him for trying to disobey them. This represents the other forces (political, religious, and scientific) that are holding people back. Although the fire may cause distruction to society, he thought it could help the people. It is a simple mistake that people make like in a saying, "People are only human. Therefor, they make mistakes." Also, Prometheus shows “nature,” or the qualities that makes the person closer to human, by showing love. “… he knows that there awaits him, still afar and invisible, his bride, Asia, the spirit of love in nature” (BartleBy.com). Essay 1 --> http://facta.junis.ni.ac.yu/facta/lal/lal2000/lal2000-02.pdf Essay 2 --> http://www.bartleby.com/222/0303.html

=__Part 2__= Frankenstein Frankenstein by Mary Shelly is as a modern day Prometheus. In contrast to the two, both stories have a creator who does not consider the consequences of his action. Victor Frankenstein, the 'modern Prometheus' seeks to attain the knowledge of the Gods, to enter the sphere of the creator rather than the created Just as Victor Frankenstein brought this human-monster-thing, Prometheus gave fire to the humans. When Victors creation came to life, he was inspired and curious of his construction. After he brought his creation to life, Victor abandons his creation because he was not ready to take blame for the monsters mistakes. 'when I thought of him, I gnashed my teeth, my eyes became inflamed, and I ardently wished to extinguish that life which I had so thoughtlessly bestowed.' (__Frankenstein__ 87) Dr. Frankenstein did not think of the consequences of giving an inanimate object life, he just wanted to discover the mystery of life. Much like Victor, Prometheus was attached to his creation of humans and wanted to fulfill his inquisitiveness of humans with fire. Prometheus did not think of the ending result of the situation but rather acted hurriedly.

Essay 1-->http://www.kimwoodbridge.com/maryshel/bushi.shtml Essay 2-->http://facta.junis.ni.ac.yu/facta/lal/lal2000/lal2000-02.pdf


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"Many scientist today like to use the Prometheus analogy with respect to biotechnology. The logic being that while biotechnology has the ability to do so much good for the human race, it carries with it, not only great responsibility, but the potential to do great harm." -3D Cascade 2006 When comparing Prometheus to the modern storyline of The Island, you see many like comparisons in the two plots. The plot, for the movie The Island, takes place in the future, where wealthier People have the option of having themeselves cloned to insure that they have a matching set of organs (body parts, blood, etc...) when they need it. The Clones have the ability to live and breathe and interact with each other, just like they were regular everyday people, but instead they were created by humans in a lab. This parallels the story of Prometheus in many ways. Prometheus created man out of clay



WORKS CITED--Prometheus-Frankenstein