Prometheus And Frankenstein

When Prometheus deceives Zeus and gives fire to mankind, he releases the wrath of Zeus upon mankind and himself. Zeus punishes Prometheus by binding him with “inescapable harsh bonds… he inflicted on him a long-winged eagle, which ate his immortal liver; but grew as much in all at night as the long-winged bird would eat all day” (Nelson, 43, 521-525). God’s punishment of the serpent does not seem as violent as Prometheus’s punishment, but they are both harsh. God also uses nature when punishing the serpent, like Zeus controlled the eagle. “Then the Lord God said to the serpent: 'Because you have done this you are accursed more than all cattle and all wild creatures. On your belly you shall crawl, and dust you shall eat all the days of your life…They [mankind] shall strike at your head’” (Genesis, 3). The serpent and Prometheus are punished for eternity for rebelling against their authority.

The manner in which Hesiod presents Zeus’s thoughts regarding his interaction with Prometheus help to provide us with a better understanding of Zeus’s characteristics. Lines 530-531 of Theogony, which describe the eventual freedom of Prometheus, stipulate that this came “not without the will of Zeus,” enhancing the efficacy of Zeus’s ultimate power. Hesiod had previously mentioned Zeus’s intelligence, but he delves more deeply into this attribute in examining the conflict at Mekone between Zeus and Prometheus. “Zeus, eternally wise, recognized the fraud and began to rumble in his heart trouble for mortals, and it would be fulfilled.” (Hesiod 552-55). Here, Hesiod’s audience begins to understand Zeus as an extremely wise, but vengeful god, an image which agrees with Homer’s Iliadic Zeus, and all other accounts of the god in ancient Greek literature. Hesiod goes on, however, to extend

In addition, Prometheus along with the generations to follow was cursed with evil. With that being said, Prometheus and the generation that follow encountered evilness around them. When Zeus cursed Prometheus and the generation that follow with evil, they along with the father of gods laughed. The father of gods and men couldn't help but laugh at the curse claimed to be placed on them. From their view of point, for Zeus to have placed a curse on them seemed awfully strange.

Who is the real monster?” acts as the dominant question throughout the novel “Frankenstein” written by Mary Shelly as the reader explores the protagonist Victor Frankenstein and his nameless creation. As the novel progresses, the reader notices how the relationship between the two characters goes far beyond a neglectful creature and resentful creation, for the two influence the thoughts, actions and emotions of each other. Furthermore, the creature’s physical appearance acts as his purpose throughout the novel as well as a mirror of Victor Frankenstein’s true identity. Additionally, the creature’s lack of identity begins to initiate Frankenstein’s shame towards his own identity, revealing the flawed character of Frankenstein and determining the resolution to the question “Who is the true monster? Who is the true catalyst of destruction?” During the novel, the reader is able to identify the creature as the most effective foil for Victor Frankenstein because the creature causes: Frankenstein to view the action of the creature as his own work, the shift between pride and shame in Frankenstein, and his physical appearance demonstrates his purpose to reveal the true character of Victor Frankenstein.

Shortly after humans were created, they came to suffer. With fire recently taken away, the conditions were harsh. It rained almost everyday, and humans were dying at a remarkable rate. Recently abandoned by Zeus, Hephaestus was angry. Why should humans have to suffer like I do? What did they do to Zeus? Being a builder, Hephaestus knew that he must do something. He built and he built, trying to find a way to keep humans safe. Finally, he built a house made of mud and sticks. It kept humans protected from the elements, and kept them warm in the coldest of conditions. He brought it to the humans, who rejoiced. Now, Zeus was angry. He had taken away fire to punish Prometheus, and now Hephaestus was interfering? Angry and bitter, Zeus banished

When there were too many people there was not enough food for anybody to survive. Prometheus gave fire to man because he wanted them to be more powerful that the gods. Zeus realized that Prometheus had given

Though Prometheus is considered a trickster and stole fire, his real crime is a disobedience to Zeus. However, in that statement it is hard to consider caring for man or humans a crime. It is obvious in both stories that Zeus’ reign is sovereign, and Prometheus went against Zeus’ sovereignty. However, what Prometheus did was good for the human race. In Zeus’ eye, man was considered inferior and he wanted man to be destroyed. If Prometheus had not hidden the flame inside a fennel-stalk and gave it to man, we as a people probably would not have advance according to the

Though this is true, Prometheus had his doubts about Zeus, as he thought that one day Zeus was going to kill all man, and Prometheus was not going to let that happen. When Zeus ordered that their greatest food be sacrificed to him and the gods, Prometheus had another idea. He craved an ox and separated the meat into two different options for Zeus to choose from, one with all of the good meats inside of the disgusting ox carcass, and the other is fat wrapped around a bone beautifully. When Zeus goes to choose between the two, he picks the fat that looks better, for obvious reasons. Soon, Zeus realizes that he had been deceived into choosing the lesser of the two options and is furious, and decides to take fire from men as the punishment for this. Prometheus takes the fire back, so Zeus decides to do something worse. He gives mankind the first women, Pandora, who ends up being the one who released all evil into the world out of a

PROMETHEUS AND GAEA: CONNECTIONS TO ANTHEM According to the Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, Prometheus was the Titan god of forethought. As a Titan he was given a task to make mankind out of clay. After the task was done, conflict was brought between him and Zeus. This conflict was established when Prometheus stole fire from Zeus and gave to the man down on Earth.

Over a thousand years has passed and humans have changed dramatically. At this point Zeus has found humans quite entertaining, for Prometheus Zeus no longer cared if anyone rescued him or not (Donn). Untimely Zeus made a horrible decision in having Prometheus chained to a rock for trying to save

At the beginning of the play Prometheus, a Titan, enters escorted by Might and Violence followed by the god of fire Hephaestus. Violence is silent for the entire duration of this scene but Might is very disdainful towards Prometheus and states under Zeus’s command Prometheus is to be chained to a rock in the Caucasus because he disobeyed the will of Zeus and stole fire from Mount Olympus and gave it to humanity. Might is pretty cruel to Prometheus but Hephaestus is reluctant to chain Prometheus to the mountain, retelling to Might and Violence how Prometheus was instrumental in helping Zeus win the war against the Titans. Might urges him on, insisting to Hephaestus that pity for Zeus's enemies is both useless and dangerous. Hephaestus quickly

Titan Prometheus had a reputation as being a clever trickster. He gave the gift to the human race of fire and metal works. Action for which he did, he was punished by Zeus, who made sure everyday that an eagle, ate the liver of the Titan as he was chained to a rock. "no rest, no sleep, no moment’s respite.”

On the Promethean side of the comparison, from a mythological approach, Prometheus was given the task of creating man by his fellow Titans. He molded man out of clay, and Athena “infused the spark of life” into his molding, much like Victor (Hunt). This completes the obvious parallel between Victor and Prometheus that is their creation of life. From here however, the paths split as previously noted, and Prometheus’ decision to give man the tools to survive facilitates his side of the story

Zeus then asked Prometheus to give him the part of a sacrificial ox that he deemed worthy for the Gods, which would leave the rest for man. Prometheus tricked Zeus into picking the most undesirable part of the ox, and in anger, Zeus reclaimed the fire that man once possessed. Prometheus then stole the fire back, by lighting a torch from the sun. As punishment,

In the myth of Prometheus many elements of mythology are present most notably “A Tension between Opposing Forces In the Universe”, “Zeus chained Prometheus to the top of a mountain and every day an eagle came and ate Prometheus’ liver. Every night, his liver grew back.” The tension being between Zeus and Prometheus. Another element shown in the Prometheus myth would be “Quest or Completion of Task”, ”They were also given the task of making a creature lower than the gods, less great than the Titans, yet in knowledge and in higher understanding than the beast and birds and fish. This being was called Man.” Therefore this would be the task given