‘Frankenstein’ - Commentary The extract from ‘Frankenstein’ by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley is a narrative of Victor Frankenstein‚ a scientist‚ who has created life from dead matter. He has made a promise to his creature that he would create another monster – a female – for his companionship. He has been working hard on this task alone in his laboratory. Victor contemplates the ramifications of his work on society. He fears that the new monster may become wicked and treacherous‚ maybe even worse
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In today’s society‚ there has been an escalation of reports involving police officers using deadly force on unarmed suspects. Almost every day news channels are reporting on incidents that involve deadly police shootings. News reports have a major impact on how police officers are perceived by the public‚ leading police officers to be thought of as killers. According to the Washington Post‚ 793 people have been shot and killed by police. Some may question how accurate this number is‚ due to the
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Deadly Blessing (1981) – William Gluntz - Martha’s husband just died in a strange tractor accident. The pregnant widow soon encounters the disturbing religious sect‚ the Hittites‚ of which her deceased husband was once a member prior to marrying Martha. The Hittites are similar to the Amish‚ but appear to be much more sinister and believe Martha is evil. She feels that the sect has sinister intentions for her. William Gluntz‚ portrayed by Michael Berryman is a Hittite who is charged with the
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Abortion: Dangerous and Deadly Everybody on the earth has a soul; we all know that‚ that’s what makes us who we are‚ what we are‚ and what we will become. The real question is when exactly does our soul come into our body? Does it perhaps enter the body right exactly at the moment our own parents conceive us‚ or later on maybe right when we exit our mothers’ wombs? This is a question we might never know‚ so should we allow soon-to-be mothers to kill this child‚ this soul that doesn’t even
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Jessey Nguyen Ms. Hutchinson ENG 101 December 12‚ 2011 Wasted Anger The seven deadly sins include Pride‚ Greed‚ Envy‚ Anger‚ Lust‚ Gluttony‚ and Sloth. One of the seven deadly sins that I have suffered from is Anger. Anger is termed as being deeply resentful indignation and may include being impatient with the faults of others. Both of these come into play in the events that unraveled that one night in Charlotte‚ N.C. The following events occurred late on a Thursday night‚ whilst there
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Plagiarism‚ a Deadly Plague The feeling of putting in an enormous amount of time into something can be viewed as your masterpiece can be cheerful and satisfying. What if‚ however‚ someone comes along and willingly tries to steal your work of art‚ ignorantly using it for another purpose‚ with the intention of not giving any credit to you? Would you call them a thief in spite of what they have done? In what way would you approach this situation? However‚ this “practice of claiming‚ or implying
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In The Red Convertible Louise Erdrich uses the foreshadowing and the symbolism of boots and water to show the death of Stephan and the car as a symbol of the loss of a lifelong brotherhood in the last 40 lines. Louise Erdrich uses the symbol of boots to show the weight of the PTSD from war in Stephan’s life to the point where he was alive‚ he was truly not living a healthy life because he was weighted down by the war and his experiences this is shown when he first arrived home and would not leave
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Queenie 1097300104 E5B Data Analysis First Part Personal information: including the participants’ gender‚ age‚ educational background‚ marital status and monthly income. Gender As Figure 1 showed‚ there were 45% of female participants and 55% of male. The numbers of the participants of each gender were very close. Age The respondents were all my friends on Facebook; as the result‚ the majority (73%) of their age was in the range of 16-20‚ as seen in Figure 2. Figure 1: Gender
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HIV became known in 1983‚ it was then that scientist and the government became interested in knowing where this epidemic originated from and how. Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is a lot like other viruses‚ including those that cause the common cold‚ but it is important to know that over time‚ your immune system will become weak as the severity of HIV increases. What HIV does is attack your T cells‚ which help your body fight infections‚ it them takes over them to make its own. A person will only
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If different people started transporting between the past and the present which raise would mostly like be able to survive easier? Kindred was an interesting book about a black woman‚ named Dana that started transporting between the past and present periods. She would always transport to the past to help a white boy named Rufus before he did something that would kill him. Each time she would transport to help Rufus he would be a few years older and she would be there for a longer period of time
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