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Unit9 TheModernPrometheus
UnitOverview
TextAinthisunitisanexcerpttakenfromthenovelFrankensteinwrittenbytheBritishwriterMaryShelley.ThetakenexcerptisthenarrationbythemonstercreatedbyVictorFrankenstein,inwhichhetoldhiscreatorhisexperiencesafterheleftVictor’sapartment.Themonsterdescribedhowhegraduallygainedhissensesandlearnedtosurviveintheworld,especiallyhowhelearnedtheuseoffire,andhowhumanbeingswereshockedandfrightenedbecauseofhisuglyappearance.Wecanlearnabouthisdifficultiesandhardship,hisquicklearningabilitiesthroughhisnarration,plainbuttouchingnarration.TextBprovidesrelatedbackgroundinformationforthecreationofthenovelFrankenstein.ItdoesnotonlygiveadetailedinformationaboutMaryShelley’sinspirationofthestory,butalsoprobeintoawidersocialcontext,showingtheuniquegreatnessofthisnovel.
Thetwotextsworktogethertoprovidestudentswithanintriguinglessonofcreation:thecreationofauniquepieceofwritingbyMaryShelleyinhertime,andanadventurousandexperimentalcreationofamonsterbyascientistinherwriting.Themostimportantthingforstudentstonoteisliterarycreation,andtherelationshipbetweenthecreatorandthecreated.
PrometheusinGreekmythologyisregardedasthecreatorofmankind.ItisnotdifficulttofigureoutwhyMaryShelleyuses“TheModernPrometheus”asthesubtitleforFrankenstein.ShecomparesVictorFrankenstein,thecreatorofthemonster,toPrometheus,butgiveshernewunderstandingoftheallusionofPrometheusinhernovel.StudentsareencouragedtoreadtheoriginalnovelFrankensteinandthinkaboutthesimilaritiesanddifferencesbetweenPrometheusinGreekmythologyandMaryShelley’sVictorFrankenstein.Studentsarealsoencouragedtoreflectupontherelationshipbetweenthecreatorandthecreatedparticularinthisunit,thatis,VictorFrankensteinandthemon
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