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Meanings of Frankenstein
Meanings of Frankenstein
Adam McCullough claims that the subtitle, ‘A Modern Prometheus’, refers to “the realms
of the over-reaching and crucially, male creative force” which is a consistent theme
within the novel which has three male protagonists, each with their own ambitions or
driving forces.
"The trait of kindness moved me sensibly . I had accustomed, during the night, to
steal a part of their store for my own consumption but when I found out that in doing
this I inflicted pain on the cottagers, I abstained."