The Thieved Power of Creation Mary Shelley uses the “mythic figure”, Prometheus, as a basis for the dark novel Frankenstein. The characteristics of this mythical being corresponds with the combination of Victor Frankenstein’s and the monster’s intellect, conscience, and desire.The creator and the creation share a dual personality, theoretically equaling one single being with all the power compared to that of Prometheus. Creation and destruction,moral conscience and the desire for murderous …showed first 75 words of 926 total…

…showed last 75 words of 926 total…does not find this side of himself because it’s submerged in guilt and hatred for himself and his monster. As love is vanishing from his life with the deaths of friends and family it is replaced with the vengeance for the murderer. Prometheus uses the gods’powers to achieve his personalized goals for himself and mankind, while Frankenstein uses the power of creation because of his curiosity, ignorant of the disaster he would produce.