Mary Shelley's Frankenstein-Passions of Romantic Prometheus;When ambition takes over...

The very moment people had become conscious of their existence, they started wondering about their creator, and the creator of everything that surrounded them. Another matter that puzzled man was the duration of his dwelling on earth, and more importantly, how it could be prolonged. Not having any old scriptures explaining this, the ancient pagans found a way to approach this story - they chose to tell it themselves. Myths were told to give answers …

…to us should not be overstepped. We should, for once try to learn out of the mistakes of others and listen to the advice of Victor Frankenstein: "Learn from me, if not by my precepts, at least by my example, how dangerous is the acquirement of knowledge and how much happier that man is who believes his native town to be the world, then he who aspires to become greater than his nature will allow."