Frankenstein's monster Frankenstein's monster Frankenstein's monster, often referred to as "Frankenstein", is a fictional character who first appeared in Mary Shelley's 1818 novel "Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus". Shelley's title thus compares the monster's creator, Victor Frankenstein, to the mythological character Prometheus, who fashioned humans out of clay and gave them fire. In Shelley's Gothic story, Victor Frankenstein builds the creature in his laboratory through an ambiguous method consisting of chemistry and alchemy. Shelley describes the monster as , hideously ugly, but sensitive and emotional. The monster attempts to fit into human society but is shunned, which leads him to seek revenge
Prometheus the Fire-Bringer Aeschylus' "Oresteia" provides an aetiology for Athens's Areopagus, it has been suggested that "Prometheus the Fire-Bringer" concludes with providing an aetiology for a yearly Athenian torch race honoring the Titan. A minority of scholars believe that "Prometheus the Fire-Bringer" is actually the first play in the trilogy. One reason is that "Prometheus Bound" begins in medias res. According to this theory, "Prometheus the Fire-Bringer" would dramatize the Titan's theft of fire as described in the "Theogony". Prometheus the Fire-Bringer Prometheus the Fire-Bringer (Ancient Greek: Προμηθεὺς Πυρφόρος, "Promētheús Pyrphóros") was probably the final play in the "Prometheia" trilogy traditionally ascribed to