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    A. Victor Frankenstein

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    MULTIPLE CHOICE UNIT TEST 2 Frankenstein I. Matching/ Identification 1. Victor Frankenstein A. creator of the creature 2. Henry Clerval B. rescued Frankenstein from Arctic ice 3. Elizabeth Lavenza C. unknowingly taught the creature to read and write 4. Robert Walton D. recipient of a series of letters from her brother 5. Margaret Saville E. creature’s first victim 6. Justine Moritz F. Frankenstein family matriarch 7. William Frankenstein G. Frankenstein’s best friend

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    Nature in Frankenstein

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    Within Frankenstein‚ Shelley uses nature as a corrective agent for Victor Frankenstein‚ one of the main characters. While he is in bereavement by the murders of his friends and family members‚ he frequently seeks nature for relaxation and help to guide him to victory. To start with Shelley uses natural metaphors to describe Victor’s childhood. “I find it arise‚ like a mountain river‚ from ignoble and almost forgotten sources”. The use of Mountain River to describe feelings that victor holds is the

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    Romantic author of Frankenstein‚ and Ralph Emerson‚ the Transcendentalist author of Nature‚ express the various attitudes of Romanticism and Transcendentalism in their works. Transcendentalism is based on Romanticism‚ sharing with it a focus on spiritual discovery‚ nature‚ and a person’s individuality. The discovery of spirituality plays a critical role in both Romanticism and

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    Women In Frankenstein

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    Throughout Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein‚ we are presented with various views of women‚ and their role in society and family. Here‚ I will explore the similarities of and differences between the female characters in the novel. The first female encountered in the novel‚ Caroline Beaufort‚ becomes a model around which many of Shelley’s other females are based. Frankenstein’s father first encountered her while she was tending to her dying father "with the greatest tenderness‚" and thus it is apparent

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    Oppression Of Knowledge

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    The topic I chose for my essay was number 3‚ “Why would those in control of a society want to suppress knowledge? Why are ideas dangerous?” In my personal belief I feel that leaders suppress knowledge for our own good. In today’s society this is not a popular belief‚ which is exactly why I believe it’s the right one. Today’s generation wants all of the information‚ no matter the cost. I think that their logic for wanting to know is perfectly fine‚ but they just need to understand that sometimes there

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    try to shed some light on knowledge from Islamic perspective. Generally speaking‚ the Arabic word for knowledge is ’ilm‚ which‚ in most cases‚ indicates to Islamic knowledge or matters related to Sheree’ah (Islamic Law). Although‚ some of the Quranic verses in this article refer to Islamic knowledge‚ yet they are general in their meaning‚ and thus can be used to refer to learning in general. The importance of education is a none disputable matter. Education is the knowledge of putting one ’s potentials

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    Bipolar Frankenstein

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    of Victor Frankenstein‚ and some who read Frankenstein‚ may think that he is insane. It is true in the facts that he does have emotional outbursts at random times‚ which leads one to believe so. But in fact Frankenstein is bipolar. Bipolar disorder is when you are unable to control yours actions‚ whether they are manic or depressive. Frankenstein experiences drastic changes in mood‚ which can be clinically diagnosed as bipolar disorder. The severe mood changes that Victor Frankenstein experiences

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    Fiend In Frankenstein

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    Throughout the story‚ Frankenstein‚ by Mary Shelley‚ the creature who Frankenstein created has always concerned the audience of who he really is. There were many events in which the story perceived the creature as someone who is evil but it also illustrated the good of him. So the question in mind is‚ was the creature considered in people’s eyes a friend or a fiend? With this being said‚ there were many situations that led the creature to be a friend more than a fiend. To being with‚ the creature

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    Despair In Frankenstein

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    regardless of whether or not they were the cause of its sorrow. The rejection of its “protectors”‚ whom resembles the closest thing it would ever have to a family has led to the creation of this new monster. Ironically enough‚ he has imagined victor Frankenstein as the embodiment of its new found rage. Which causes the monster to go back to Geneva

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    Frankenstein and Terror

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    terror. It has the presence of the supernatural‚ the placements of events within a distant time and an unfamiliar and mysterious setting. Romantic writer Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein conforms to these conventional ‘classic’ Gothic traits as well as to the modern conceptions of what is considered as Gothic. Shelley’s Frankenstein is host to a range of significant gothic elements‚ evident through Victor’s creation of the gigantic creature‚ the dark setting of the novel‚ set in places of gloom and horror

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