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1、TheStoryofTheModernPrometheus2013/1/14方思怡国贸创新一班20110200342TheGothicnovelFrankensteinisalsophrasedas‘themodernPrometheus’.Afterfinishingthenovel,Ihaveunderstoodthereasonwhyitgetsthismetaphor.Inthisfiction,FrankensteinhascreatedamonsterjustlikePrometheushascreatedhumanbeings.However,therearelotsofdif
2、ferencesandparallelismbetweenthem.WhydoesFrankensteinshownoaffectiontowardshiscreationwhilePrometheusloveswhathehascreated?Whydothemonsterandhumanbeingsbehaveintotallyopposingwaysandwhathasbeenimplicatedbehindthenovel?Frankenstein——theModernPrometheus?IntheGreekmythology,Prometheuscreateshumanbeing
3、s.Heistheparentofhumanbeingsandteachesthemeverythingthatheconsidersbeneficialandusefulforthem.InFrankenstein,Frankensteinalsocreatessomethingtoexpresshisfanaticismtoscience.However,whathecreatesisamonsterwhichFrankensteinturnsouttobescaredandfeeldisgustingtoit.Theveryexternalanddirectreasonisthatth
4、ecreatureisextremelyuglyandlookslikeadevil!Whenlookingathiscreationcomingintolife,Frankensteindescribesitasacatastrophe.Asamatteroffact,Hedoesn’tevencareaboutwhatkindsofcharacteristicsitownsandwhatkindsofideasithas,thenhemakesthedecisiontodriveitawayandevenplanstodestroyit.ThenwhydidFrankensteincre
5、atesuchamonster?Itisnothardtofindthathemakesthisexperimentwithanaïveimagination.Heneverthinksaboutwhatthelivingthingwillbelikeandwhatheshouldbringforitafterwards.What’smore,heneverthinksabouttheinfluenceandpossibleconsequencesbroughttothehumanbeingsociety.Withhisfancyofscienceandblindedmindforfame,
6、heshowsnorespectforlifeandtakesthemysteryoflifetoosimple.Infact,lifeisnotsomethingjustaboutbreathingandheartbeating,butindicatesmuchmore.AsforPrometheus,heloveshumanbeings,forwhomheevenenduresthegreatestpunishmentfromZeus.ButforFrankenstein,althoughwhoisaddressedasthemodernPrometheus,createslifewit
7、houtsenseofresponsibilityandtakeslifeashisscientificplaygame.Fromthisperspective,FrankensteinactuallycannotbeparalleledtoPrometheus.APureSoulfromHeaventoHellInthestory,theprocessthatthemonsterbecomesahorrib
