Frankenstein

كتاب Frankenstein
المؤلف: Mary Shelley

"Frankenstein"; or, "The Modern Prometheus", published in 1818, is one of the most influential works in the history of English literature.

The first title, "Frankenstein", refers to "Victor Frankenstein", the scientist- not, as is often misunderstood, the monster he created. The second one refers to the Greek god "Prometheus", who created the first human. After "Zeus" (the king of the gods) took fire away from humans, "Prometheus" returned it to them. As punishment for these action's, "Zeus" had "Prometheus" chained to a rock for eternity and sent an eagle to eat his liver. The liver grew back each night, and each day the eagle returned, condemning "Prometheus" to eternal torture. This second title links "Victor" and "Prometheus"; both defy heaven in taking the power of creating life, reserved for heaven alone, and suffer tremendously as a result