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    Many individuals claim that there is nothing worse than death. But what about the great misfortunes and cruelties one endures long before they meet their demise? Perhaps something worse than death is the actual living itself‚ when a person’s differences are constantly condemned and excoriated by those around them. Andre Gide writes‚ “Society knows perfectly well how to kill a man and has methods more subtle than death.” For gay teens‚ the vitriolic diatribes by peers at school‚ the ostracism

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    American Gothic Fiction From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Url: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Gothic_Fiction American Gothic Fiction is a subgenre of Gothic Fiction. Elements specific to American Gothic include: rational vs irrational‚ puritanism‚ guilt‚ Das Unheimliche (strangeness within the familiar as defined by Sigmund Freud)‚ abhumans‚ ghosts‚ monsters‚ and domestic abjection. The roots of these concepts lay in a past riddled with slavery‚ a fear of racial mixing (miscegenation)

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    What makes a monster? A monster makes itself. A person will not be considered a monster if they are kind‚ gentle and warm hearted. You’ve never heard a person say‚ "Gandhi was a monster‚" or "Mother Theresa was a monster." You could hear someone jokingly call a tall or large person a monster just because of his or her size. Society can also make a monster. As you saw in Frankenstein‚ if the monster had a normal body or a normal look to him‚ he wouldn’t have been rejected‚ which‚ in turn‚ he wouldn’t

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    compare the text of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein with the 1994 film of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein‚ directed by Kenneth Branagh (Tristar). Frankenstein‚ by Mary Shelley‚ is considered one of the greatest literary works of the Romantic period. It is a tale of a man creating a monster‚ who then rejects it. Frankenstein‚ for decades‚ has been viewed as a horrific monster‚ but now‚ having studied both film and novel by Mary Shelley‚ and the author herself‚ I can see that the creature is not a monster

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    2. To what extent was Germany to blame for starting WWI? After a massive war‚ it easy to see why a lot people would point fingers at the country that lost the war. However‚ is this always correct; or do people jump to conclusions much too quickly? By doing this‚ do they also create a whole new kind of trouble for themselves to come in later years? Some may suggest that it is more productive to look at the events leading up to the war to determine who was at fault. The blame attached to World

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    Frankenstein Mary Shelley’s novelFrankenstein‚ is narrated by three main characters who tell the story of the life of the Creature. Each narrator gives their own aspects as to what makes up Frankenstein as a Gothic novel. Together‚ the three men’s stories make up an outstanding Gothic novel. A Gothic novel uses supernatural events that are not infrequently explained at some point or another by science‚ forebodes terror through the use of physical‚ or even‚ psychological violence‚ and explores

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    The Women of Frankenstein "When reading Frankenstein by Mary Shelley‚ one cannot help but notice that the women characters seem to have little substance compared to the male characters. This may have been caused by the time period in which she wrote: one in which females was considered to be inferior to males. There are many factors in this novel which contribute to the portrayal of feminism. The three points which contribute greatly are‚ the female characters are there only to reflect the male

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    ‘It’s not so much about survival but more about the quality of life’ To what extent can this 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 novelFrankenstein’ (1818) and Ridley Scotts film ‘Blade Runner’ (1982) both demonstrate a struggle for quality of life within their texts

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    other authors poems throughout history‚ they created a particular style of writing: romanticism. With the use of romanticism‚ these authors booned their stories/poems with aspects of mood with diction that helps convey darker themes. The elements of Gothic Literature in the short stories the “Black Cat‚” “the Devil and Tom Walker‚” and Sharp Objects create a morbid mood through the usage of grotesque scenery‚ psychological issues‚ and death. To begin‚ in the “Black Cat” and Sharp Objects death is taken

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    TO WHAT EXTENT IS UTILITARIANISM COMPATIBLE WITH CHRISTIANITY The main idea of utilitarianism (U) is to create ‘the greatest pleasure for the greatest number of people’. This is similar to Christianity and the golden rule ‘love your neighbour as yourself’. With situation ethics‚ in a dilemma you should always do the most loving and compassionate thing. However in contrast to the utilitarian idea that you should try and greatest happiness for the most people‚ Christian ethics would look at everyone

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