1. Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus
... Gods and gave it to man so that their struggles were less. This angered Zeus and by this betrayal Zeus sentenced Prometheus to be chained on the mountain of Caucasus and have his liver devoured by an eagle every day for eternity. With the Promethean myth in mind, Mary Shelley ... 's novel Captain Robert Walton finds his ship completely surrounded by Ice but once the fog clears he discovers more than just frozen chunks, a man, on the brink of destruction, has just been pulled aboard the vessel. This man answers to the name of Frankenstein. It is here Frankenstein retells the story ... th...
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