Conflict Between the Themes of Love and Revenge in Mary Shelley’s The Modern Prometheus

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Published Paper Id: TIJER2403076

Published In: Volume 11 Issue 3, March-2024

Abstract: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley’s “The Modern Prometheus” was amongst some of the earliest Science fictions ever written. The Modern Prometheus or Frankenstein is a Gothic novel where Mary Shelley portrays Victor, an idealist who brought a monster to life and The Monster, a human-like beast out to take revenge after getting abandoned by its creator. Mary Shelley was very much influenced by Romanticism, probably because of Percy Bysshe Shelley, a prominent romantic poet and philosopher and her husband. This brought a scene of Romanticism in the Gothic novel. It is evident through the portrayal of nature and the way Mary represents the relationship between the characters of the novel. Victor abandoned his creation and thus he sets out to take revenge on Victor. The Monster attacks those Victor loved thus presenting a conflict between the themes of Love and Revenge. This research work is going to examine the frequency and magnitude of the conflict by understanding the characters and their fates.

Keywords: Frankenstein, Goth Literature, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, The Modern Prometheus

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Country: Lohardaga, Jharkhand, India

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