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====''Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus''==== ''[[Frankenstein|Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus]]'', written by [[Mary Shelley]] when she was 18, was published in 1818, two years before Percy Shelley's above-mentioned play.<ref name="NYT-20231021">{{cite news |last=Scott |first=A. O. |author-link=A. O. Scott |title=Are Fears of A.I. and Nuclear Apocalypse Keeping You Up? Blame Prometheus. β How an ancient Greek myth explains our terrifying modern reality. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/21/books/review/robert-oppenheimer-john-von-neumann-prometheus.html |date=October 21, 2023 |work=[[The New York Times]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20231021101019/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/21/books/review/robert-oppenheimer-john-von-neumann-prometheus.html |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |access-date=October 21, 2023 }}</ref> It has endured as one of the most frequently revisited literary themes in twentieth century film and popular reception with few rivals for its sheer popularity among even established literary works of art. The primary theme is a parallel to the aspect of the Prometheus myth which concentrates on the creation of man by the Titans, transferred and made contemporary by Shelley for British audiences of her time. The subject is that of the creation of life by a scientist, thus bestowing life through the application and technology of medical science rather than by the natural acts of reproduction. The short novel has been adapted into many films and productions ranging from the early versions with [[Boris Karloff]] to later versions including [[Kenneth Branagh]]'s [[Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (film)|1994 film adaptation]].
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