In this scholarly journal, Harriet Hustis discusses the concept of Responsible Creativity by looking at Mary Shelley's version of Prometheus and how she reforms Prometheus into a modern horror story. Her version of the legend of Prometheus is Frankenstein. It is her own creation. She also discusses how Frankenstein and Zeus in Prometheus are very similar. They both created life. In the case of Frankenstein, he created his monster. Zeus he created all of mankind. They both turned their backs on their creations. Hustis calls this "abuse of creative power."
When using Responsible Creativity, Hustis shows in both the Prometheus legend and Shelley's modern version of it that pity is lacking in both stories. The desire also to put the well being of others before themselves is also lacking in the characters of Zeus and Frankenstein. Hustis concludes the article with that Shelley was indeed a great author and knew what she was doing when she chose to recreate the Prometheus legend.
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