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    mountains‚ Mont Blanc and the Tyrell Corporation – the places where both creatures‚ the monster and Roy confront their creator. In Frankenstein‚ Victor reaches the village of Chamonix and later wonders the valley bellow Mont Blanc‚ stating that the “sublime and magnificent scenes afforded me the greatest consolation that I was capable of receiving”. He further elaborates by saying “…the unstained snowy mountain-top‚ the glittering pinnacle…the eagle soaring amidst the clouds – they all gathered around

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    Cooper Eyre Dr. Johnston British Literature 13 MARCH 2013 Turning Heads in Beauty The Romantic period‚ year 1785 till 1830 C.E.‚ was a period of great change throughout the world‚ especially but not only in literary style. This period saw the formation of new countries‚ new governing styles‚ and the birth of many new ways of thinking. In this time British Literature was characterized by the work of six major writers‚ Wordsworth‚ Coleridge‚ Byron‚ Percy‚ Shelly‚ Keats‚ and Blake. (Book

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    Important quotes from Frankenstein “...an enterprise which you have regarded with such evil forebodings.” – RW‚ P.7 “I shall certainly find no friend on the wide ocean‚” – RW‚ P.11 “We accordingly brought him back to the deck‚ and restored him to animation” – RW on VF‚ P.14 “...playful as a summer insect... lively as a bird... the most fragile creature” – VF on E‚ P.20 “‚ the first misfortune of my life occurred – an omen‚ as it were‚ of my future misery” – VF‚ P.25 “Thus ended a day memorable

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    In what ways does a comparative study accentuate the distinctive contexts of Frankenstein and Blade Runner? The comparative study of texts‚ allows audiences to investigate the changing nature and interpretation of issues relating to humanity as they are interpreted in different contexts. Context allows audiences to relate to and understand the thoughts‚ decisions and actions of individuals within a text. Context provides the opportunity to develop and shape a new genre or interpret an existing genre

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    eponymously entitled novel‚ Frankenstein‚ was published in 1818 during the time of the industrial revolution and is considered to be of a hybrid genre. During Volume 1‚ Frankenstein is shown as a product of its time through the idea that nature is the sublime‚ the exploration of the Gothic and the idea that Victor Frankenstein represents the modern Prometheus. The description of nature is repeatedly used during significant or emotional moments in Victor’s life. “It was a most beautiful season; never

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    “Having a Coke with You” is a poem written by Frank O Hara. O Hara grew up in Massachusetts in the United States. O Hara began his career in poetry while majoring in music at Harvard. Ultimately‚ O Hara changed his major and left Harvard with a degree in English. In the fall of 1951‚ O Hara moved to Manhattan where he worked at the Museum of Modern Art. This experience would contribute to O Hara’s use of paintings throughout all of his poems. This experience is also visible in O Hara’s references

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    PLATO 1. Plato’s parents were Ariston and Perictone‚ his older brothers were Adeimantus and Glaucon‚ and his younger sister was Potone. He came from a family that had long played an important part in Athenian politics. He was born from an aristoctratic and wealthy family. 2. Plato wrote mostly in the form of dialogue. His dialogues have been used to teach a range of subjects‚ including philosophy‚ logic‚ ethics‚ rhetoric‚ religion and mathematics. Plato absorbed the learning of his times‚ - Philolaus

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    The Canonization by John Donne Love is true and pure‚ a divine experience‚ a way to live more and to surpass even death. It is a sublime fantasy that is real and better than the material world. Love is life’s paradox. This is the idea that John Donne is expressing in the poem The Canonization. It is a reply as well as a declaration that the poet makes to the world- a world that treats lovers harshly. He scorns the worldly‚ he questions the inquisitive‚ he proves the myths true‚ he places his love

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    so fine”. America then began to be explored and by 1872 Yellowstone became the first national park with many following. To think‚ only fifty years prior‚ nature preservation was completely unheard of. William Cronan classifies two sources as the sublime

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    Mother Nature: More than Just a Common Phrase A typical romantic literary piece uses nature as more than just a setting. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is no exception‚ and Shelley does this by employing nature as a maternal presence. Because of their similar lacking of an actual maternal figure in their life‚ Victor Frankenstein and his creature both are able to better themselves with nature in this sense. Nature replaces their nonexistent mothers and acts as a benefactor for them. Throughout

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