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    During the Romantic Era‚ Mary Shelly was inspired by several authors‚ such as Samuel Taylor Coleridge and John Milton‚ to write her very first novel‚ Frankenstein. In her novel‚ Mary Shelly incorporated the idea that nature is beautiful in many ways. Men were supposed to find peace‚ joy‚ and love in it rather than fear and misery. One of her main characters was a monster who was referred to as the devil‚ and who was created by Victor Frankenstein. The devil is made up of one hundred percent of various

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    In the book‚ Frankenstein‚ Dr. Frankenstein attempts to undue the natural process‚ and transcend humans beyond the bounds of death. This leads to the creation of a monster‚ the death of almost everyone close to him‚ and eventually‚ his own death. It is a haunting statement about the dangers of attempting to go beyond nature without properly thinking about consequences‚ and failing to take responsibility for your actions. His entire life he pursued to unlock the secrets of nature. He loved the ideals

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    The Creation of Life Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein‚ flies off the shelf as one of the most captivating works to ever be written. Told in first person narrative through letters by Robert walton. Shelley creates a riveting tale that shows what happens when Victor Frankenstein‚ a Mad scientist‚ takes on the quest to create life from death. Although a physical existence succeeded out of Victors mad scienstry‚ the creature he created lacked the most important parts of life. Hungry for understanding

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    Frankenstein‚ a book by Mary Shelley about a scientist named Victor Frankenstein‚ exhibits many elements and has lots of hidden symbolism within the text. My creature really shows just how unique this book is by having each body part represent some element of the book. The head of the monster is supposed to represent how quick the monster learns and how reading affected his growth. The monster learns language very quickly “My days were spent in close attention‚ that I might more speedily master the

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    Knowledge has the ability to promote the evolution of society‚ but if it prevails in uncovering the irreparable despair of one’s existence‚ or devours the entirety of ones purpose and ambition‚ it becomes the fruit of the poison tree. In Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley’s prolific novel Frankenstein‚ both Victor Frankenstein and his creature suffer severely from the knowledge plaguing them. Victor possessively seeks the knowledge necessary to bring his creature to life‚ blocking out all consciousness

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    Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is a book about the longing for companionship and social acceptance. British novelist C.S. Lewis once stated “We read to know we are not alone.” (C.S. Lewis) Throughout Shelley’s novel‚ there it is noticeable that Robert Walton‚ the monster‚ and Victor Frankenstein himself are in need of a companion in their life. We first find a longing for companionship when Robert Walton is writing to his sister and says “I have no friend‚ Margaret: when I am glowing with the enthusiasm

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    Mary Shelley’s novel‚ Frankenstein‚ is a journey through the highs and lows of humanity through the experiences of individual characters. Minor characters such as Justine and Walton show a less severe contrast between well made versus poorly made decisions. Major characters such as Victor and the creature introduce a far more drastic contrast‚ and pose a more influential impact on one of the overall themes of the story which is the idea that a poor moral compass pushes people to fall to such depths

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    In most modern day novels there is a hero and a bad guy. Some books are not so clear cut on who is solely bad or good. This is present in the epistolary Frankenstein written by Mary Shelley. The main character‚ Victor Frankenstein shows questionable traits on weather he is truly evil person or not. In this novel Victors does not initially set out to be evil‚ but his selfishness and neglect for the monster that he created ultimately make him manifest into an evil character. Victor starts his journey

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    This paper will be about the visual description about “The Holy Virgin Mary” (1996) by Chris Ofili is a narrative painting. Chris Ofili works with embodied spirituality and also a serious artist but he’s also playful and ironic. His paintings discharge a psychic energy. The Holy Virgin Mary is a colorful canvas incorporating paper collage‚ colored pushpins‚ foil‚ paint‚ glitter and elephant manure. (Daily Telegraph) Ofili paints in a semiabstract style and his style were always cartoonish and even

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    Victor Frankenstein creates a monster who murders his friends‚ wife and family. Mary Shelley writes on this monster to send her message that technology‚ if taken too far‚ is a danger to society. Shelley would agree that artificial intelligence is also a hindrance on human capabilities and would destroy us. Artificial intelligence continues

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