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Frankenstein

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The first modern myth of artificial life — creation without divine sanction.

Victor Frankenstein as Promethean scientist: knowledge becomes transgression.

The Creature — intelligent, emotional, rejected.

From Enlightenment optimism to Romantic horror: science stripped of empathy.

Anticipates modern bioethics and AI dilemmas — the maker fears his own creation.

Hoffmann’s automaton, Shelley’s monster and Freud’s "uncanny" form one lineage: the SELF estranged by what it builds.

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  • Frankenstein
    The first modern myth of artificial life — creation without divine sanction. Victor Frankenstein as Promethean scientist: knowledge becomes transgression.
    • is_parent Feminist perspective 🔒 ·
      A creation myth rewritten by a woman.Victor’s experiment replaces the womb — science as patriarchal fantasy of self-generation.Creation becomes male and mechan
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