For instance "It was a dreary night in November" (p. 45) shows how Victor Frankenstein was in agony and pain. "Morning‚ dismal and wet" (p. 46) makes us feel the depressed mood of the opening paragraph. In the first paragraph‚ Mary Shelley creates a dark atmosphere and creates tension by using pathetic fallacy by describing the weather and time of night. She uses the phrase ’’dreary night of November’’ (pg. 45)‚ this builds suspense for the reader as it gives the hint that an event
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According to the editors of the book‚ The Annotated Frankenstein by Mary Shelley‚ Shelley’s life might have led her to create a monster. Mary was rejected by her father and step-mother. It was painful losing her first child‚ and she was an outcast in society. Because of abandonment‚ painful events and social criticism‚ Mary created Frankenstein’s monster. Rejection might have led Mary to create a monster. Mary’s parents wanted a boy‚ but were disappointed when they found out they were having
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time; and it was‚ indeed‚ a long time before I learned to distinguish between the operations of my various senses” (Shelley 128). Furthering the resemblance of a new-born child‚ the monster states‚ “Before‚ dark and opaque bodies had surrounded me‚ impervious to my touch or sight; but I now found that I could wander at my liberty‚ with no obstacles I could either surmount or avoid” (Shelley 129). This expands on the monster using experience to gain the knowledge that he can now walk on his own feet. He
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Good Versus Evil Frankenstein ‚ by Mary Shelley‚ is a novel that tells the story of a man’s scientific endeavors and how through his knowledge bestows life into a lifeless matter which comes to be feared and hated by all. The Tyger‚ by William Blake‚ is a poem composed of a series of questions about a tiger that depicts the issues of creation‚ innocence and experience‚ and ultimately good and evil . Both pieces of literature describe misunderstood creatures who struggle to define themselves
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the interchange of those sympathies necessary for my being” (shelley 104). He is also different in different ways like he looks different from any other human.” How could i describe my emotions at the catastrophe… breathless horror and disgust filled my heart” (shelley 35).
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attain god-like power. His curiosity for the secrets of life is sinful‚ like Adam and Eve who ate the fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Frankenstein “seems to have lost all soul or sensation but for [his] one pursuit.”1 1 Mary Shelley‚ Frankenstein (New York: A Division of Random House Inc.‚ 2003) 40. From the beginning of his work‚ Frankenstein is becoming dehumanized. His mind being completely occupied with the creature and its murderous endeavors‚ Frankenstein moves farther
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support the setting‚ describing the place that Frankenstein resides as “two rooms‚ and these exhibited all the squalidness of the most miserable penury” (Shelly 119). The unpleasant appearance of his shelter was also expressed through visual imagery as Shelley writes “the thatch had fallen in‚ the walls were unplastered‚ and the door was off its hinges” (Shelly 119). This description of the broken down
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the exploration of the human need for love and relationships. The protagonist‚ Victor Frankenstein is used as the ultimate embodiment that the “acquirement of knowledge” is dangerous. Shelley uses his journey to demonstrate the disastrous results that can occur if one becomes completely immersed in a task. Shelley especially focuses on the fact that the pursuit of knowledge is not necessarily and evil thing‚ but it can cause destruction when it is pursued beyond natural limits. This is shown through
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Frankenstein‚ written by Mary Shelley‚ is also interpreted as The Modern Prometheus. In Ancient Greek mythology‚ Prometheus was said to be the wisest of all the Titans. He stole fire from the Gods of Mount Olympus. For acting against the Gods‚ who wanted to keep the power of fire‚ Prometheus was harshly punished. He was chained to a rock to have his liver eaten out every day by an eagle‚ and every night his liver would grow back‚ for all of eternity. Throughout the novel‚ Victor Frankenstein can
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unnecessary knowledge leads to tragedy “Seek happiness in tranquility and avoid ambition‚ even if it be only the apparently innocent one of distinguishing yourself in science and discoveries” (Shelley 220). This moment can be related to Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” when‚ as he is hears that Macduff
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