W ha t e xa ctly is th e ta le o f P ro m eth e us a nd h o w d oes it im pact th e r e adin g o f th e n o ve l?
S he lle y u se s th e title o f " th e m odern P ro m eth e us" w as d e ...
W ha t e xa ctly is th e ta le o f P ro m eth e us a nd h o w d oes it im pact th e r e adin g o f th e n o ve l?
S he lle y u se s th e title o f " th e m odern P ro m eth e us" w as d esig ne d to b e a m odern in te rp re ta tio n o f th e c re atio n m yth .
P ro m eth e us w as th e G re ek T ita n w ho c re ate d m an a nd a ls o ta ug ht h im th e u se o f fir e a nd h o w to tr ic k th e g ods. W he n
Z eus p unis he s h um anity fo r th e ir d ece ptio n, h e c o nd em ns...
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S he lle y u se s th e title o f " th e m odern P ro m eth e us" w as d esig ne d to b e a m odern in te rp re ta tio n o f th e c re atio n m yth .
P ro m eth e us w as th e G re ek T ita n w ho c re ate d m an a nd a ls o ta ug ht h im th e u se o f fir e a nd h o w to tr ic k th e g ods. W he n
Z eus p unis he s h um anity fo r th e ir d ece ptio n, h e c o nd em ns P ro m eth e us, w ho a cce pts h is p unis hm ent w ith a n h o no ra ble
se nse o f r e sp onsib ili ty . T his p artic ula r e xa m ple o f c re atio n s ho w s a lo ve , r e sp ect, r e sp onsib ili ty , a nd c a re fr o m th e c re ato r
to th e c re ate d. S he lle y w ants to in ve rt th is in h e r d epic tio n o f th e r e la tio nship b etw een c re ato r a nd c re ate d in F ra nke nste in .
T he s a m e e le m ents o f w antin g to c re ate s o m eth in g ( w ha t s he w ill c a ll a " h id eous p ro geny") a re p re se nt in b oth th e a ncie nt
a nd m odern v e rs io ns o f P ro m eth e us. In stilli n g th e c re atu re w ith a bno rm al s iz e a nd s tr e ng th is a ki
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