The Role of Victor Frankenstein from the Perspective of Prometheus

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1SOCIOLOGY
The portrayal of the character Victor Frankenstein has a very important place in the
English literature as it connects with the society and the early literature as well. In this essay, the
role of Victor Frankenstein will be discussed form the perspective of the Greek mythical
character Prometheus. This is why this character is believed to be very much influential in terms
of portraying the power role in the society. Victor Frankenstein’s desire to become God like
powerful had made him a tragic hero (Shelley: 167). Mary Shelley has come up to be a powerful
author to show the internal demons of the human beings through the character of Frankenstein.
According to the Greek mythology of the ancient times, Prometheus was always regarded
as the wisest of all the titans. Prometheus stole the fire from the Gods and distributed it among
the human beings. This obviously resulted in the enlightenment of the people. Human beings or
the mankind was also enriched with knowledge as well. Though this activity was good for the
mankind, it was a very insulting thing for the Gods (Jager: 280). The Gods were very angry since
Prometheus did not obey the decree of the Gods. Gods wanted to keep the fire to themselves so
Prometheus was judged as a rogue (Peters: 147). Therefore, he had been chained to a rock and an
eagle ate his liver every day. Everything in this world begins from power and all that happens is
because of power only. Power is the beginning of every evil and this had definitely proved to be
fatal for the life of Prometheus (Shelley: 167). His fascination for this power of fire resulted in
the harsh punishment given by the Gods. Therefore, everyone would be terrified to do that kind
of thing in the future again.
As Prometheus got very much captivated by the fantastical power of the fire, Victor
Frankenstein also got frenzy about creating a creature that will be able to do all kinds of works at
his command. When he finished creating that creature, Victor went into depression after
realizing the kind of creature he had made (Holmes: 490). The subtitle of the novel, therefore,