Discussion Question # 17 There are many Gothic elements in the Frankenstein novel starting with the graveyards where Frankenstein gathered body parts for his morbid work. The atmosphere of fear when he first sees his hideous creation. The environment in which they lived the rugged terrain‚ the lonely forest and the desolate northern setting further along in the story all contribute to the atmosphere as well. There was a supernatural element in the story pertaining to the monster’s superhuman strength
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The monster in Frankenstein by Mary Shelley was a troubled figure. He was mistreated because of his hideous looks and being abandoned by his creator Victor Frankenstein. The monster was forced to live on his own and learn and fend for himself. He spectated and observed other humans around him to learn all about humans. He didn’t understand why everyone reacted the way they did to him. One day‚ in chapter 12‚ he sees his appearance‚ and comes to realize that people are frightened of his appearance
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“Am I to be thought the only criminal‚ when all human kind sinned against me?” The monster of Frankenstein gives the last human he meets in its life this inquiry. This being is born as a devil and his life is fulfilled by misfortune. Its dreams are all ruthlessly shattered by these humans he once trusted‚ especially his creator. It seems that all tragedies of this monster are caused by its appearance. Because of its appearance‚ people exclude it‚ detest it and afraid of it. It’s true that the being’s
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manner. It can react to a person’s feelings and thoughts‚ thus impacting their way of life. For example‚ nature is a huge part of the novel Frankenstein. Both the setting of the novel and its romanticism contribute to the theme as well. Nature impacts the characters in the novel as well as the events. Shelley uses nature as a restorative agent for Victor Frankenstein. While he seems to be overcome with grief by the murders of his friends and family‚ he continuously shuns humanity and seeks nature for
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Once upon a time in a cramped cottage an elderly man sat alone by a dim candle regretting that he didn’t fulfil his dream. Remembering when he was young. Ever since he was young he had always dreamt of exploring the world and sailing the seas. He had big plans. The places he would visit‚ the friends he would make‚ but he had given up on those dreams because he wasn’t special‚ he was just an ordinary farm boy. The elderly man sighed‚ got out of his chair and went out to feed his horse. As the sun
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Robin wood explains how their are different versions of the other‚ the version that applies to Frankenstein is the proletariat. “The proletariat—insofar as it still has any autonomous existence and has escaped its colonization by bourgeois ideology. It remains‚ at least‚ a conveniently available object for projection: the bourgeois obsession with cleanliness‚ which psychoanalysis shows to be an outward symptom closely associated with sexual repression‚ and bourgeois sexual repression itself‚ find
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William "’Frankenstein! You belong then to my enemy - to him towards whom I have sworn eternal revenge; you shall be my first victim.’" (page 131) This is the monster’s first murder; it becomes evident at this point that revenge has become the monster’s obsession. 3) The monster’s request for a companion "’My companion must be of the same species and have the same defects. This being you must create.’" (page 133) This request is the monster’s first plan for revenge on Frankenstein‚ as he knows
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The Theme of Mortality and Immortality as Found in Selected Poems of Shelley and Keats Précis: This paper will entirely deal with the clashing characteristic of mortality and immortality traced in selected poems of Shelley and Keats and will proceed through discussing this distinctive aspect in these poems. After that there will be an estimation of mortality and immortality depicted throughout the poems. At the end of this paper‚ the success of both the poets skillful employment of mortality and
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The most interesting part of Frankenstein begins when a young man named Captain Walton takes a ship into the artic ocean. He’s hoping to make important scientific discoveries. His ship gets stranded for a few days when a sheet of ice forms all around it. To his amazement‚ him and his crew see a gigantic man about 8 feet tall dragging a dog sled across the ice until he disappears in the distance. A little later they see a normal sized man on a normal dog sled chasing the first one. This man is almost
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trrtdddddddddddddddddThe first character that we are introduced to in Frankenstein is Robert Walton. Walton spent a couple of years in preparation for his voyage to the Arctic in isolation. During his voyage‚ Walton sends letters to his sister sporadically to tell her how lonely he is out there by himself. He is on a ship with many deck hands and crewmembers‚ but in his letter to Margaret‚ his sister‚ he states‚ " I have no friend‚ Margaret: when I am glowing with the enthusiasm of success‚ there
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