Dybbuk
Shared on Sun, 03/25/2007 - 09:51
I find it interesting that in Shelly's time (1818 ) then in Dawley's (1910) and still in our own, the authenticity of rationalism, through science and technology, inflame many traditional canons and their opinion of mans relationship with a creator. Yet we see with the Edison / Dawley's production of Shelley's Frankenstein they questioned these humanist notions instead stressing the limits of human capacity. This theme from Shelley is illustrated by Victor Frankenstein when he said " how dangerous is the acquirement of knowledge, and how much happier that man is who believes his native town to be the world". Even the alternate title, The Modern Prometheus, acutely imparts this position. Prometheus, a figure from Greek mythology, took fire from the gods in order to give it to man and consequently suffered eternal punishment. Why i wonder is the sapien quest for knowledge repeatedly the foil for the omnipotent? you think they would have seen it coming and been able to do something about it.
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Submitted by Kwazy on Mon, 03/26/2007 - 17:35
Submitted by Dybbuk on Mon, 03/26/2007 - 20:02