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    Mary Shelley: Submissive Women in Writing In the writing of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein or‚ The Modern Prometheus‚ she creates four submissive female characters all of who are negatively affected by the hands of Victor Frankenstein. These four submissive female characters are Agatha‚ Safie‚ Elizabeth‚ and Justine. Each of these women is proposed as passive and nonessential. The women‚ Agatha‚ Safie‚ Elizabeth‚ and Justine‚ make a pathway for the creation of action for male characters. The actions

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    inside all people: the dark side of the nature of society that is not embedded deep inside the unconscious‚ but visible by observant eyes‚ keen to defy that which‚ in hindsight‚ is marked with suspicion and disapproval. Authors Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Godwin Shelley serve the role of inquisitive minds‚ subtly or undeniably exposing the hard truths of a time period in

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    novel written by Mary Shelley in 1818. When she began in 1816‚ she was only 18 years old. It was then published in 1818‚ when she was only 20 years old. This novel is a product of a ghost story competition and Mary got the idea from a dream. Analyzing Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein through the feminist‚ archetypal‚ and historical/biographical lenses‚ helps one better understand the relationship between Victor and Elizabeth‚ Victor and his monster’s quest for revenge‚ and how Mary Shelley’s life influenced

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    halt and take a step back. At the beginning of the 19th century Merry Shelley published her novel Frankenstein‚ encompassing the ideas‚ inventions‚ and dangers of both the scientific revolution and the enlightenment period; a romantic tragedy of a creature brought up in world with no guardians‚ left alone to fend for itself and to grasp the slightest bit of humanity it can find. Through the three different narratives Mary Shelley forces the reader to question its own morality‚ decide what

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    lead to the downfall of a character as well. This argument is brought about several times in Mary Shelley’s novel‚ “Frankenstein”. As we already know‚ two of the main characters of the story‚ Victor Frankenstein and the monster he creates both have distinct personalities. They both possess extremely different natural instincts and they both have been raised significantly different from one another. Mary Shelley’s use of powerful and

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    knowledge and possibilities. In fact‚ it is knowledge that is the primary engine for discovery. It is knowledge that scientists most vigorously crave and chase after. However‚ the search for knowledge may be an unquenchable thirst. In Frankenstein‚ Mary Shelley‚ through Victor Frankenstein‚ illustrates that the pursuit of knowledge can bring ruin. Indeed‚ all throughout history‚ advancements in every aspect of life have been made through the pursuit of knowledge. For

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    Mary Shelley was able to hide highlights of her own society into her book Frankenstein. In Shelley’s time‚ men never listened to women in society and rejected their ideas. This frustrated the women of Shelley’s time and would even be frustrating in today’s time. Women would fight back and Shelley wrote the book despite the social push not to. The Creature represents women in the aspect that they are both ignored and even put down in society. “The whole village was roused‚ some fled‚ some attacked

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    Both Frankenstein and his monster focus all of there energy on the other. There is  never a moment when Frankenstein does not think about the monster. In seeking the  misery of the other‚ they send themselves into a downward spiral. With every crime  committed the monster while creating greater misery for Frankenstein‚ also creates  greater misery for himself. Neither Frankenstein nor his monster realizes the  unnecessary suffering caused by both their actions. Both of them basically loose in  t

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    Ever since its original publishing in 1818‚ Mary Shelley’s classic Gothic work‚ Frankenstein‚ or The Modern Prometheus‚ has been read by hundreds of millions of literary thrill-seekers and been adapted into countless plays‚ movies‚ musicals‚ and “modern retellings”. Because of this‚ the original story has been twisted and warped‚ losing many key elements – such as Frankenstein’s mental instability‚ the geographic locales‚ subtle literary allusions‚ and Gothic language – which truly defined the novel

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    all of us. We do not realize it but the evil in us is always present and can be seen in the smallest things. No matter how benevolent a person is‚ the generic evil in the person will never fade away. Mary Shelley exposes this malign present in all human beings through her book Frankenstein. In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein‚ the protagonist‚ Victor Frankenstein‚ in his attempt to play God‚ his cruelty towards the monster‚ and his selfishness proves the inherit malevolence present in all human beings

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