University of Granada Faculty of Philosophy A drop of True Blood: subversion of heteronormative stereotypes in American society. Laura Carpinelli Supervisor: Margarita Carretero Table of Contents Introduction Chapter I: Byronic heroes and romantic fantasies Chapter II: From the darkness to the light Chapter III: True Blood: Queer sensuality and homosexual desire Chapter IV: Vampire: the hidden desire to be human Conclusion Bibliography Videography MA dissertation structure
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Frankenstein deals with two main social concerns‚ the level of moral responsibility that a creator possesses in relation to his creation‚ as well as the issue of the moral boundaries that exists in one’s quest for knowledge‚ including the fine line between good and bad knowledge‚ The novel also deals with two main human concerns‚ which include a person’s goals or aspirations as well as the issue of pride and its affect on a person. Mary Shelley highlights the issue of moral responsibility by
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To what extent do the Frankenstein extracts reflect the central concerns of Romanticism? Romanticism‚ a literary movement that emerged in the late 18th century in reaction to the Industrial Revolution‚ inspired Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein.”Romanticism celebrated life and embraced ideas of intense emotion experienced by individuals‚ appreciation of the beauty of nature and non-restrictive power of imagination‚ all of which are explored in “Frankenstein.”Mary Shelley focuses on the central concerns
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Frankenstein: The Modern Prometheus Frankenstein: The Modern Prometheus is a novel written by Mary Shelly‚ published in 1818 anonymously; Shelley’s name soon appeared on the second edition in 1823. One night in 1816‚ whilst she was a guest at Lord Byron’s villa near the Swiss Alps‚ Byron read a book of ghost tales to start off the night’s entertainment. He then proposed that everyone present ought to compose a ghost story of their own. It’s been said that although most other though of ideas for
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Eighth canto: Don Juan is sold to Turks. And he is placed in an apartment of the palace‚ from which he escaped. And then he takes part in the war between Turks and Russians. Eighth canto is about his participation in the final assault on Ismail. During the war‚ he is swept away by a thirst for glory and proves himself to be a soldier of prowess and courage. 3: he is against war by saying that “war’s merit it by no means might enhance‚ to waste so much gold for a little dross”. 20: “of dead and
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Today I study Lord Byron’s Love Letter story. This story is telling about old woman and her daughter Spinster‚ they deceive other people that they have the love letter of Lord Byron that written to Spinster’s grandmother when she met Byron on the steps of Acropolis in Athens. Matron and her husband want to see the letter and old woman explains how she had met Lord Byron. The Spinster reads the account from a diary. They had gone to Greece to study the classic remains of the oldest European civilization
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Lindsey Grippo English p. 5 Critical Essay Mary Shelley and Frankenstein Mary Shelley and Victor Frankenstein were two different people who lived different lives. Victor Frankenstein was raised with the elementary principles of human nature which were molded into his childhood as he was growing up. His parents had high expectations and standards for their son. Mary Shelley was less fortunate in this case‚ and was not raised with the principles of human nature. Which had caused her to act
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Symbolism in "Frankenstein" A romantic life full of pain and abandonment could only be given the monstrous form of "Frankenstein." Mary Shelley ’s life gave birth to an imaginary victim full of misery and loneliness and placed him as the protagonist of one of her most famous and greatest works of art. As most people would assume‚ he is not just a fictional character‚ but in fact a creature who desperately demonstrates Shelley ’s tragedies and losses during the age of the Romantic Era. Since Mary
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Annotated List of Works Cited Hitchcock‚ Susan Tyler. Frankenstein: A Cultural History. Ed. Susan Tyler Hitchcock. New York: Norton & Company‚ Inc. 2007. 47-49. Print. Hitchcock defines Mary Shelley ’s use of tabula rasa as inspired by John Locke ’s essay‚ Concerning Human Understanding. "Knowledge of the outside world forms as sensory impressions bombard the mind and accumulate into ideas and opinions" (47). Locke argued that man is neither innately good or evil‚ but rather a blank slate upon which
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Imagination vs. Obsession in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein‚ the author expresses how man can lose touch with reality‚ which leads to becoming a victim of his own imagination. Since Romantic writers‚ like Shelley‚ exalted the power of imagination‚ Shelley criticizes this ideal by showing how it may lead to obsession. The influence of Mary Shelley’s parents‚ other writers‚ such as her husband Percy Shelley and Byron‚ and the use of Gothic novel literature help her emphasize
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