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    Body Obsession

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    English 101 10 October 2012 Body Obsession Society’s attitude toward what is beautiful and the perfect body shape forces many people to want to change their body by going to extremes‚ like using steroids or plastic surgery‚ to achieve what they believe is their ideal body. This happens in both men and women‚ they both use unorthodox methods to conform to the social standard. The media has usually always defined who is beautiful and who is not. Many people believe that they have to strive be

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    Celebrity Obsession

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    910214427 Celebrity Obsession Today’s generation has been raised in a celebrity-obsessed media and‚ as a result‚ has consequently made teens idolize these average people that the media deems as “stars”. It is not just a couple of blurbs here and there about celebrities‚ but instead there are entire shows solely devoted to celebrity gossip. People follow the personal lives of celebrities as if it were their own. For example‚ when my sister was in high school she had a big obsession with rap star Eminem

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    Frankenstein

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    Frankenstein Have you ever heard about monsters? I’m sure that everyone in the world has heard about this term. Sometimes it’s a fear of children‚ but it is also an exciting topic for the scientists and the science fiction film. Then a lot of books and movie was published about the monster. For me‚ the best novel about monsters that I read is Frankenstein. When we mention about monster‚ we usually think about the creature with a face with hideous appearance‚ rough skin‚ non-human being‚ bad smell

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    Frankenstein

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    Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Is the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley relevant to the 21st century? Summary Important underlying messages. We shouldn’t play god or judge things by there apperance. A story about an inventor named Victor Frankenstein and his creation. Frankenstein abondones his creation. The monster goes in search of love and frienship. He finds that life doesn’t always offer these to everone. The story follows his search for friendship and both Frankensteins and his creations downfalls

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    parts and chemicals. This results in dark‚ supernatural workings. The monster is the most obvious factor to support the statement that monstrosity is an important theme in the novel. The other good example of this theme of monstrosity is the knowledge that Victor used in order to create the monster: "’When I looked around I saw and heard of none like me. Was I the monster‚ a blot upon the earth from which all men fled and whom all men disowned?’" (Chapter 13‚ pg. 105) By saying this‚ Victor

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    frankenstein Dustin Wadsworth Mrs. Martin British Literature Frankenstein essay 18/03/13 Frankenstein by Mary Shelley is an acclaimed novel written in 1818. She touched on many different subjects in the book. One of which was the act of science going against religion. When people of faith believe something goes too far. This seems to still be an issue today. The book fallows the life of Victor Frankenstein. He begins to become fascinated with different scientific theories

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    The Danger of Knowledge Aaron Rudyk 6/18/2013 Mr. Brown ENG 3U In Shakespeare’s play Macbeth and Mary Shelly’s novel Frankenstein it can be said that both protagonists come to an unfortunate end. What leads to Macbeth and Frankenstein’s premature demise? Victor Frankenstein and Macbeth both demonstrate that acquisition of knowledge is dangerous and to seek it for the purpose of power leads to destruction of life. Macbeth’s and Frankenstein’s knowledge leads to overwhelming

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    Dangerous Knowledge

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    Connor Fletcher The Evil truth of knowledge Humanity is where it’s at today due to people’s desire to learn‚ and other’s desires to build off that knowledge. As man continues to pursue the unknown it seems that the lines between safe and dangerous knowledge get blurred. This pursuit of knowledge is a theme that often appears in the Frankenstein. Many characters in the story are passionate about gaining knowledge and learning every aspect of life. They encounter many dangers while pursuing these endeavors

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    Hamlet’s Obsession With Death In Hamlet‚ William Shakespeare presents the main character Hamlet as a man who is fixated on death. Shakespeare uses this obsession to explore both Hamlet’s desire for revenge and his need for assurance. In the process‚ Shakespeare directs Hamlet to reflect on basic principles such as justice and truth by offering many examples of Hamlet’s compulsive behavior; as thoughts of death are never far from his mind. It is apparent that Hamlet is haunted by his father’s death

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    The Pursuit of Happiness

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    The pursuit of happiness… What’s happiness? A feeling? A state? Why is it so hard to define? Is it because no one is really happy ? From what I know‚ we’re happy when we have what we are looking for‚ according to that‚ happiness can be defined as a feeling of satisfaction that appears once we achieve a goal‚ and as humans are by definition eternally dissatisfied‚ they’ll always be running after happiness. This reminds me of the story of the jar full of gold‚ that is supposed to be at the

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