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    period of writing is visible in "The Indian Serenade" by Percy Shelley‚ "The Little Black Boy" by William Blake‚ and "Lamia" by John Keats. The exaggerations‚ cultural expressions‚ references to African or Indian background‚ and fictional story lines and characters play as proof that Romantic Orientalism is pieced into these author ’s writings‚ considering these are characteristics of which Romantic Orientalism displays. Each author‚ Shelley‚ Blake‚ and Keats‚ all display different characteristics

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    composer’s context‚ whether it be social‚ cultural or historical. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1818) and Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner (1982) are two prime examples of how similar concerns may differ in representation due to varying times and contexts. Both Shelley and Scott strongly explore the essence of humanity alongside science and development‚ cautioning the audience about the concerns of these explorations as a possible path of severance with the natural order and the seemingly inexistent future of mankind

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    be present and the collapsed statue acts as the only reminder to Ozymandias’s memory. The author‚ Percy Shelley‚ was a very significant poet‚ notable for his views on English Romanticism. Shelley was born in Horsham‚ England in 1792. By the

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    In Mary Shelley’s ‘Frankenstein’‚ how does the creator’s feeling towards the monster change throughout the novel? The author of the famous book ‘Frankenstein’ Mary Shelley came from the rarefied reaches of the British artistic and intellectual elite. While Mary Shelley drew her inspiration from a dream‚ she drew her story’s background about the nature of life from the work of some of Europe’s well-known scientists and thinkers. The sophisticated creature that billowed up from her imagination read

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    Percy Shelley encountered in Nature a phenomenon which for him recreated the clear‚ cognizant thinking unlocked only in dreams. His excursion to the valley of Charmonix in the south of France resulted in the awe inspiring sight of Mont Blanc actively challenging his knowledge of the limits of the human mind‚ allowing a murky idealism inspired by the philosopher David Hume to come to the forefront of his writing. He questioned outright whether the mountain‚ or at least his interpretation of

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    statement be applied to the two texts you have studied this year? Survival is the continuing to live or exist‚ especially in difficult conditions‚ whereas The quality of life is the fulfillment and personal satisfaction a person has with one’s life. Percy Shelley’s novel ‘Frankenstein’ (1818) and Ridley Scotts film ‘Blade Runner’ (1982) both demonstrate a struggle for quality of life within their texts. The texts show that it is not so much about a being’s survival‚ but about their undeniable want for

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    Robert Walton‚ who sets up the main narrative with his own tale‚ is also ‘outside’ of society. He is an explorer traveling to the North Pole‚ lamenting the lack of real friendship while seeking the “country of eternal light” (Shelley 51). His othering is by choice because he is the one that makes the decision to explore the world that is significantly separated from society‚ thereby reducing any real chances of finding friendship. And there is also Victor Frankenstein‚ an outsider

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    In Percy Shelley’s “Ozymandias”‚ the broken and irregular form of the poem is highly significant to the content. The poem itself is written about a ruined statue of the once great Ozymandias‚ whose works have crumbled and disappeared‚ along with his civilisation. The overall message that Shelley is trying to convey throughout the poem is that the pursuit of power and glory for one’s own sake is an unworthy ambition. As history takes its course their legacy will be forgotten and their laws will be

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    many obscure thematic elements. McEwan employs a number of themes found in some English romantic poems. For example‚ in Alfred Lord Tennyson’s “Ulysses‚” a comparison is drawn to Briony’s novel that suggests that death is not the end of life. In Percy Bysshe Shelly’s “England in 1819‚” the dying king compares to Briony in that they both live in shame‚ constantly seeking atonement. In Atonement‚ Ian McEwan creates themes that coincide with Tennyson’s “Ulysses‚” and Keats’ “Ode on a Grecian Urn.” According

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    certain ideologies. Published in the 19th century‚ it follows the journey of three characters amidst the influence and conflict of extreme Romantic and Enlightenment ideologies. Mary Shelley experienced much heartbreak‚ suicide and sorrow with the intense Romantic lifestyle she had chosen to adopt with Percy Shelley and it can be argued that Frankenstein is a critique of radicalism as revealed by her comment ‘I earnestly desire the good and enlightenment of my fellow creatures... but I am not for

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