Idk if this is the right reddit, but I think you guys have the most knowledge about prolific literature and I was doing a project where I turned culturally significant literature from the 19th and 20th century into superheroes.
For example, I made Radium Girl, a radiation based superhero based on Radium Girls, Gregor from Kafka's Metamorphosis was just a 6 foot cockroach that could drain people's energy (this was a literalization of how he exhausted his family), and Dorian Gray was a superhero with super regeneration but he needed his floating portrait near him and he could use it as a moving platform or shield.
What I’m aiming to do is to parallel, invert, or literalize themes or motifs from classic lit through superpowers.
Does anyone have any good candidates for this?
I was considering Philip Roth’s “The Human Stain” as a superhero who could change color or Louisa May Alcott “Little Women” as a superhero who can control her size but I’m not feeling those like I did Radium Girl and The Cockroach.
by Logical-Constant1171