Consider
Shelley's chosen subtitle, "The Modern Prometheus." With this , she is comparing to
the man who stole fire from the gods to give to the humans. Both tales are of humans having
power that ought to be reserved for gods, be that the power to make fire or the power to create
life from death. At its heart, Frankenstein is a story about science and
technology advancing past the point of being containable by moral considerations or
rules.
Well, since then technology and science have advanced far further
than it is likely Shelley could have ever even imagined. From the...
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