FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
MARY SHELLEY
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Or, The Modern Gothic
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Or, The Modern Prometheus
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Or, The Modern Horror
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Or, A Modern Tale
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Detailed explanation-1: -Who Is Prometheus? Mary Shelley’s 1818 masterpiece Frankenstein is famously subtitled The Modern Prometheus, after the Greek myth of the god Prometheus. This Greek god steals the sacred fire of Mount Olympus and gifts it to humanity.
Detailed explanation-2: -He is creating life in a way that has never been attempted before, essentially meaning that he is taking the power of life away from God and giving it to humans, just like Prometheus did with fire.
Detailed explanation-3: -The full title of Mary Shelley’s novel is Frankenstein; or the Modern Prometheus. The subtitle refers to Prometheus, a mythological figure who symbolizes both the nobility of the quest for knowledge and the danger of overreaching in that quest.
Detailed explanation-4: -Mary Shelley’s best-known book is Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (1818, revised 1831), a text that is part Gothic novel and part philosophical novel; it is also often considered an early example of science fiction.