Discuss how Shelley's Frankenstein has effected the texts of today.

Preamble: Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus, written by Mary Shelley, proposes that knowledge and its effects can be dangerous to individuals and all of humanity. Frankenstein was one of our first and still is one of our best cautionary tales about scientific research. Shelley's novel is a metaphor of the problems technology is causing today. "Learn from me . . . at least by my example, how dangerous is the acquirement of knowledge and how much happier that …

…advances might cause. On this view, the novel is a cautionary tale about what is to come. Shelley's tale of horror is a profound insight of the consequences of morally insensitive scientific and technological research. Having analysed Alien and Brute Force along with Frankenstein one can conclude that the underlying messages of each are very similar on many levels, thus rendering it simple to assume that Frankenstein is essentially a precursor of modern science fiction.