In the novel Frankenstein, what do Victor Frankenstein and the Creature Represent?

I'm not really sure if they represent anything....I was always under the immpression that it was meant for entertainment and a character study rather than speculation. Also when Shelly wrote it, the science was hardly advanced enough to create a monster, and although it can serve as a warning to modern day scientists trying to clone thing and create hybirds, it was not applicable during Shelly's time. The other title is "The Modern Prometheus" which brings up a legend in Greek mythology about how a god gave mankind fire and thereby transgressed nature's laws.