Frankenstein Essay Prompts Due date: March 4‚ 2011 Directions: Answer one of the following prompts in a well-crafted five paragraph essay. Ensure that you provide a thesis statement which gives a clear focus and direction for the paper and that your topic sentences do the same for each paragraph. Your thesis statement must discuss what Shelley is saying about the theme on which you are writing. Once you have a thoughtful and clearly stated thesis‚ the quality of your paper will be
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Question #3: One of the essential elements of any tragic figure is his/her tragic flaw(s)-an inherent personality trait or set of traits that inevitably dooms the character to destruction. Identify and explain Hamlet’s tragic flaw(s) and how it/they bring about his downfall. A tragic flaw is a character trait that ultimately causes the downfall of the protagonist. In Hamlet‚ by William Shakespeare‚ Hamlet learns the truth behind his father’s death - that he was actually murdered by his brother
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The Fatal Search An old tale of people being abducted and murdered led Christine to the decrepit castle. The myth says that there were many people abducted during the late 1840s and it is believed that they were murdered by the butler of the rich family who used to live in the beautiful home. According to the story their bodies still remain in the hidden catacombs of the fortress; and the butler still haunts those who enter the woods surrounding the home. No one who entered the woods has returned
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“monster” as an engineered body‚ but also highlight the connection and possible tension between scientific knowledge and the morality of scientists and society during the Scientific Revolution/Enlightenment period. Traveling back in time to the 1700’s I will show readers that all that is needed to create a monster is an engineer‚ parts‚ a spark‚ society and a little science. Lastly‚ I will reflect on how advancements in science
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desires for family and any other important parallels you find. Do Victor and the monster become more similar as the novel goes on? How does their relationship with each other develop? In Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein”‚ it is evident that there are many similarities compared between Victor Frankenstein and Victor’s creation; the monster Victor is seen as a man who is powerful‚ egotistical and bold‚ while his creation is perceived as a rejected and isolated character. Although Victor thinks his monster
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Odysseus and his flaws In Homer’s Odyssey‚ the hero is Odysseus‚ a man who left his home to fight the Trojan War and who comes back twenty years later to find his household overrun by suitors courting his wife Penelope. Throughout his journey‚ this rich and complex character battles life’s temptations towards purification‚ since he must overcome his sins and flaws in order to obtain redemption from the gods‚ thus returning home to his throne on the island of Ithaca. However‚ this purification process
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In the novel Frankenstein‚ by Mary Shelley‚ the antagonist and protagonist changes throughout the course of the plot. In the earlier part of the novel nature is the protagonist and man is the antagonist‚ but as the plot progresses nature is forced to protect herself by becoming the antagonist and making man the protagonist. By the end of the novel both of the examples of man and nature’s antagonist characteristics lead to their inevitable destruction. In the beginning of the novel‚ Victor
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The Suffering of Frankenstein Frankenstein makes clear of Frankenstein’s innocence before everything becomes tragic. The reader is shown his largely happy and privileged childhood‚ his blameless obsession with knowledge‚ and how he arrived at studying what would soon become his downfall. When Frankenstein creates the monster the immediate effect is his disappointment and exhaustion. He is sickened by his own work and regrets the creation from the moment he saw it in the way everyone else will see
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Hamlet’s Tragic Flaw It is better not to put off till tomorrow what you can do today. Many consequences can arise when one procrastinates. An example of this is found in Shakespeare’s Hamlet through the depiction of the central character. Although Hamlet is characterized as daring‚ brave‚ loyal‚ and intelligent‚ he is overwhelmed by his own conscience. The tragic hero is defined as one whose downfall is brought about due to their tragic flaw. Hamlet’s inability to act
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Truth or Flaw? In every play or book that a person reads the characters are never perfect. They always have a flaw that causes a problem or conflict within the storyline. This is true for Hamlet’s character in William Shakespeare’s Hamlet. In several of Hamlet’s speeches he discloses many flaws in his character to the readers throughout the play. These are aspects that have thus far only been able to be seen as fragments in other speeches. One of Hamlet’s most renowned traits is his
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