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Frankenstein

The Modern Prometheus. Frankenstein. The Modern Prometheus. Myth prose Greek myth-Prometheus is a Titan who stole fire from Zeus and gave it to humans. Punishment: Zeus had him tied to a rock and an eagle ate out his liver every day, only to have it grow back to be eaten again the next day.

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Frankenstein

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  1. The Modern Prometheus Frankenstein

  2. The Modern Prometheus • Myth prose • Greek myth-Prometheus is a Titan who stole fire from Zeus and gave it to humans. • Punishment: Zeus had him tied to a rock and an eagle ate out his liver every day, only to have it grow back to be eaten again the next day.

  3. Influences • William Godwin- father; political philosopher; • Believed in the perfection of a race and had no propensity toward evil. • Rousseau- education liberates the personality • Locke- mind is a blank slate at birth • Percy Shelley- husband; “Prometheus Unbound”-a four-act play from Prometheus’ point of view (this would be a great source!)

  4. Influences • Natural science- a naturalistic approach to the study of the universe, which is understood as obeying rules or laws of natural origin. • Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa- German magician, occult writer, alchemist. "All things which are similar and therefore connected, are drawn to each other's power."

  5. Influences • Paracelsus- Renaissance physician, botonist, occultist, astrologer, and alchemist. Believed the universe was formed by three spiritual substances: Mercury, Sulfur and Salt (tria prima) • The tria prima also defined the human identity. Sulfur embodied the soul, (the emotions and desires); Salt represented the body; Mercury epitomized the spirit (imagination, moral judgment, and the higher mental faculties).

  6. Paradise Lost • Famous epic poem by Milton • Centers on the Fall of Man: the temptation of Adam and Eve by Satan, and their expulsion from the Garden of Eden. • Attempts to justify God’s foundational, all knowing, all loving, all powerful nature. • Epigraph: Did I request thee, Maker, from my clay To mould me man? Did I solicit thee From darkness to promote me?

  7. Daily Question #1 • Why is Frankenstein called The Modern Prometheus? • You may use your questions and your journal. Your response should be at least two paragraphs. Please organize your thoughts with a thesis statement, evidence, and a concluding thought.

  8. Daily Question #3 • In Paradise Lost, Milton describes hell as “a region of dark flame; it is darkness visible.” How does the setting of the Mer de Glace and the polar ice fields represent the underworld? • You may use your questions and your journal. Your response should be at least two paragraphs. Please organize your thoughts with a thesis statement, evidence, and a concluding thought.

  9. Daily Question #2 • Frankenstein uses the following quote as an epigraph: "Did I request thee, Maker, from my clayTo mould Me man? Did I solicit theeFrom darkness to promote me?” – Paradise Lost • Explain why Shelley uses this as the epigraph. (epigraph-a quotation at the beginning of a book, chapter, etc, suggesting its theme ) "epigraph." Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition. HarperCollins Publishers. 20 Apr. 2011. <Dictionary.com http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/epigraph>.

  10. Daily Question #4 • "Like one who, on a lonely road,Doth walk in fear and dread,And, having once turned round, walks on,And turns no more his head;Because he knows a frightful fiendDoth close behind him tread.“ • – excerpt from Rime of the Ancient Mariner • How does this excerpt connect to Frankenstein?

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