The Modern Prometheus is the novel's subtitle (though modern editions now drop it, only mentioning it in introduction).
Prometheus, in versions of Greek mythology, was the Titan who created mankind in the image of the gods that could have a spirit breathed into it at the behest of Zeus.
Prometheus then taught man to hunt, but after he tricked Zeus into accepting "poor-quality offerings" from humans, Zeus kept fire from mankind.
Prometheus took back the fire from Zeus to give to man.
When Zeus discovered this, he sentenced Prometheus to be eternally punished by fixing him to a rock of Caucasus, where each day an eagle pecked out his liver, only for the liver to regrow the next day because of his immortality as a god.

As a Pythagorean, or believer in An Essay on Abstinence from Animal Food, as a Moral Duty by Joseph Ritson, Mary Shelley saw Prometheus not as a hero but rather as something of a devil, and blamed him for bringing fire to man and thereby seducing the human race to the vice of eating meat.
Percy wrote several essays on what became known as vegetarianism including A Vindication of Natural Diet.

The Titan in the Greek mythology of Prometheus parallels Victor Frankenstein.
Victor's work by creating man by new means reflects the same innovative work of the Titan in creating humans.

Byron was particularly attached to the play Prometheus Bound by Aeschylus, and Percy Shelley soon wrote his own Prometheus Unbound (1820).
The term "Modern Prometheus" was derived from Immanuel Kant who described Benjamin Franklin as the "Prometheus of modern times" in reference to his experiments with electricity.

In the novel, the monster is identified by words such as "creature", "monster", "daemon", "wretch", "abortion", "fiend" and "it", and is also called an "Image".
Frankenstein and the monster separately compare themselves with the "fallen" angel, although without naming him.
  Speaking to Frankenstein, the monster says "I ought to be thy Adam, but I am rather the fallen angel".
 That angel would be Lucifer (meaning "light-bringer") in Milton's Paradise Lost, which the monster has read;  this relates to the disobedience of Prometheus in the book's subtitle.
The Modern Prometheus is the novel's subtitle (though modern editions now drop it, only mentioning it in introduction). Prometheus, in versions of Greek mythology, was the Titan who created mankind in the image of the gods that could have a spirit breathed into it at the behest of Zeus. Prometheus then taught man to hunt, but after he tricked Zeus into accepting "poor-quality offerings" from humans, Zeus kept fire from mankind. Prometheus took back the fire from Zeus to give to man. When Zeus discovered this, he sentenced Prometheus to be eternally punished by fixing him to a rock of Caucasus, where each day an eagle pecked out his liver, only for the liver to regrow the next day because of his immortality as a god.
As a Pythagorean, or believer in An Essay on Abstinence from Animal Food, as a Moral Duty by Joseph Ritson, Mary Shelley saw Prometheus not as a hero but rather as something of a devil, and blamed him for bringing fire to man and thereby seducing the human race to the vice of eating meat. Percy wrote several essays on what became known as vegetarianism including A Vindication of Natural Diet.
The Titan in the Greek mythology of Prometheus parallels Victor Frankenstein. Victor's work by creating man by new means reflects the same innovative work of the Titan in creating humans.
Byron was particularly attached to the play Prometheus Bound by Aeschylus, and Percy Shelley soon wrote his own Prometheus Unbound (1820). The term "Modern Prometheus" was derived from Immanuel Kant who described Benjamin Franklin as the "Prometheus of modern times" in reference to his experiments with electricity.
In the novel, the monster is identified by words such as "creature", "monster", "daemon", "wretch", "abortion", "fiend" and "it", and is also called an "Image". Frankenstein and the monster separately compare themselves with the "fallen" angel, although without naming him.   Speaking to Frankenstein, the monster says "I ought to be thy Adam, but I am rather the fallen angel".  That angel would be Lucifer (meaning "light-bringer") in Milton's Paradise Lost, which the monster has read;  this relates to the disobedience of Prometheus in the book's subtitle.
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