Mad scientist dangerous or questionable, which can make them accidental villains. The prototypical fictional mad scientist was Victor Frankenstein, creator of his eponymous monster, who made his first appearance in 1818, in the novel "Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus" by Mary Shelley. Though the novel's title character, Victor Frankenstein, is a sympathetic character, the critical element of conducting experiments that cross "boundaries that ought not to be crossed", heedless of the consequences, is present in Shelley's novel. Frankenstein was trained as both an alchemist and a modern scientist, which makes him the bridge between two eras of an evolving archetype. The book
Prometheus Unbound (Aeschylus) torments of Zeus, but the Titan and Olympian have yet to reconcile. It inspired the play of the same title by Percy Bysshe Shelley. Prometheus Unbound (Aeschylus) Prometheus Unbound (, "Promētheus Lyomenos") is a fragmentary play in the "Prometheia" trilogy attributed to the 5th-century BC Greek tragedian Aeschylus, thought to have followed "Prometheus Bound". "Prometheus Unbound" was probably followed by "Prometheus the Fire-Bringer". It is concerned with the torments of the Greek mythological figure Prometheus who defies the gods and proceeds to give fire to humanity (theft of fire), for which he is subjected to eternal punishment and suffering at