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    Before we are able to trace the motives that ushered in Romantic period‚ it is of paramount importance to point out the preceding period‚ which is known as Neo-classical era. The Neoclassical period spans 1600-1798 (the accession of Charles II to the publication by Wordsworth and Coleridge of Lyrical Ballad). It is called the neoclassical period because of reverence for the works of classical antiquity. The period is often called Age of reason‚ and science was used to glorify God and his creation

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    Frankenstein

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    ideas‚ and are found to be “unstable”. Not unlike the men in Shelley’s Frankenstein‚ a person with‚ the somewhat misnomered‚ illness is very impressionable to the various occurrences in their life. It is true that with age and as the story goes on‚ that the toll of being emotionally unstable and incapable of dealing with the repercussions of their actions increases and is reflected in the personalities of the men in Frankenstein. Starting with the most susceptible of the three main male characters

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    Frankenstein Mary Shelley in the 1800’s wrote an infamous book about a man playing God. This man stole body parts‚ and with a major thirst for science and knowledge he stitched those parts together‚ with some chemicals and with a spark‚ he created life. He had no care or plan as to what would happen next‚ he was simply infatuated by the idea that his name could live on as the man that could bend nature. His name was Victor and he had no comprehension of the effects this creation would have on himself

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    The Beauty of Nature in Frankenstein Victor and the monster use nature for a place where they can go to and where they can stay. In the book‚ Frankenstein by Mary Shelley‚ Victor Frankenstein‚ the protagonist‚ desires to know more about life and decides to create a living creature by using various interesting objects. Though after creating the monster‚ he realizes that his creation will become a threat and people will become afraid. Soon after its creation‚ the monster disappears and its location

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    Authors like Edgar Allan Poe‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ and William Faulkner have presented gothic literature throughout their writing during the 18th and 19th centuries. Gothic literature is defined as a "distinct modern development in which the characteristic theme is the stranglehold of the past upon the present"(294 Drabble and Stringer).Therefore‚ to deliver this theme to their readers they used gothic elements to create a "dark" sensation especially in the area of setting. All three authors in their

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    MWDS: 1st Nine Weeks 1. Title‚ Author‚ Date of Publication‚ etc. Frankenstein is a suspenseful‚ gothic themed book that was published in 1818 and was written by Mary Shelly. 2. Historical Information. The main significance in history that I discovered is that it was taking place in 1818 was the industrial revolution. To summarize‚ the industrial revolution was a time period where industrial business exploded and inventions were being created left and right. This was also a time when many classic

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    troubles filled the land and society of England. An era previously known for romantic/traditional literature‚ writers such as Samuel Taylor Coleridge‚ began entertaining other forms. Samuel Taylor Coleridge took to the innovative gothic genre with his poem “Christabel”. The poem “Christabel” is a two part poem containing numerous gothic elements‚ paired with various literary devices to convey a vampire-esque theme. These gothic characteristics include the damsel in distress‚ the dark setting/nature‚

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    Frankenstein

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    Frankenstein - or The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley and setting essay “A serene sky and verdant fields fill me with ecstasy (….) flowers of spring bloomed in the hedges‚ while those of the summer were already in bud.” A quotation from Frankenstein chapter 6. This quotation describes a scene in Frankenstein where the setting is important and we have many scenes in the book where the setting gives an extra thing to the story itself and why the characters do what they do and how they are

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    When “The Yellow Wall Paper” was first written it was understood as a horror story; Society at the time did not understand its true meaning until later on in history. Gilman‚ the author of “The Yellow Wall Paper”‚ never intended his story to be Gothic Horror‚ but with the story being focused around the mental illness of a woman‚ many viewed it as just that. This story proves the statement “women have been socially‚ historically‚ and medically constructed as not only weak‚ but also sick” (Suess).

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    Romantic Period Literature Characteristics: Love of Nature Love of the Common Man Neo-Classicism The Supernatural Nationalism Heroism Strange and Far-away Places Love of Nature Emotions and instinct became more important than reason. There was a glorification of “The Natural Man”‚ the “noble savage‚” and the primitive and untutored personality. Primitivism‚ meaning the thought that the simple and unsophisticated life was best‚ also grew popular. These ideas led to an interest in old

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