VICTOR FRANKENTEIN

How is Victor Frankenstein the modern Prometheus as Mary Shelley intended?

Victor Frankenstein

Victor was born in Geneva as the eldest son of a noble family. According to the description of the novel, he has a very nice childhood, largely thanks to two kind and indulgent parents, and Elizabeth. Even as a child he had a violent temper, a fierce passion and thirst for knowledge. His first verses of interest, but after a while it focuses on science. This interest quickly turns into an obsession: he is completely devoted to studying the "secrets of heaven and earth." His obsession is ...