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Frankenstein or Modern Prometheus is a combination of Gothic Novel and Science Fiction by Mary Shelley. She studies a problem of human nature, comparing thoughts and actions of two main characters. Frankenstein has one of the most famous monsters in literary history. Victor Frankenstein is the protagonist and the creator of the monster. His ambition is to animate a lifeless human frame and to banish diseases from this world. When he is successful in animating the gigantic human frame, he is horrified to look at the monster he has created. The creature wants to be looked after, nurtured and brought up. But victor, the creator just leaves him to his fate. So far the monster is just an orphan trying to find a place for itself in the hostile world there is no evil in him except his gigantic size and loathsome appearance. The monster is no more innocent, no more Adam, but Satan incarnate. He is filled with hatred and revenge against Victor and vows to destroy all those close to him. The vile nature of the self-centered creator and the child like nature of the helpless creature is beautifully portrayed by Mary Shelley. On the whole, the real monster is Victor Frankenstein who is the perfect allegory for mankind and he is a morally reprehensible character.