the person who appears the opposite of the main character is commonly known as a foil and often is used to highlight another character’s defining traits. By doing so‚ a foil can be used to capture the essence of the main character. In Frankenstein by Mary Shelley‚ Victor Frankenstein’s foil is Henry Clerval. Clerval is used to illuminate the meaning of the work by showing the effects of Frankenstein’s actions on his well being‚ emphasizing the guilt that overcomes him and displaying the reality of how
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There is quite plainly an element of class warfare. The story is interesting because it paints Dracula as evil and makes sure to leave out any elements of his past. He is pure evil with no redeeming factors. He doesn’t have the innocent start of Frankenstein‚ the upstanding alter ego of Dr. Jekyll‚ or some
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SHELLEY’S FRANKENSTEIN: THE MODERN PROMETHEUS IS A GOTHIC NOVEL OR NOT ! For - Gothic | Against – Romantic Era | RevengeThe novel contains revenge because of the mentioning of the quote; “When I reflected on his crimes and malice‚ my hatred and revenge burst all bounds of moderation. I would have made a pilgrimage to the highest peak of the Andes‚ could I when there have precipitated him to their base. I wished to see him again‚ that I might wreak the utmost extent of abhorrence on his head and
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the helplessness of the town Perdido Beach. One example is when Sanjit (a helper of the hospital) said sarcastically to Edilio (one of the leaders of Perdido Beach)‚Ever since the illness spread to Perdido Beach it has been nothing but utter disaster at the hospital and in the town. One by one kids are dying. This illness is the next step up from the flu virus but intensified by ten. Like the flu‚ you have a high fever and you’re coughing and sweating. The difference for this flu virus is that over
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PART I – ALL THEIR LIVES IN A BOX Chapter One 1. The story begins with Joseph attending a funeral. What feelings and emotions is he experiencing?At the funeral joseph has a ache of regret and loss burning inside of his the words “it’s my fault” ached in his heart.to try and inure the heart breaking place joseph tries to picture himself in a another place but the sounds of the cleaning of a throat bring him back to reality. 2. As Joseph tries to work out the chain of events that has brought him
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The wasteland of the Fallout universe is riddled with grotesque beasts and creatures that defy explanation. One of the many creatures that are encountered throughout the American wasteland are known as Super Mutants‚ nasty humanoid creatures that are a product of a science experiment gone horribly wrong. The uncanny nature of the Super Mutants‚ paired with their increased aggression and unnatural physical and mental state lead to humans of the wasteland to fear the very mention of the beast‚ regardless
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Good intentions sometimes go awry. Victor Frankenstein meant well when he envisioned his skills as a scientist curing diseases. By experimenting with life‚ his creation was to help others. Whereas his man-made entity was supposedly his humanitarian contribution‚ Victor Frankenstein’s lack of basic humane treatment towards his creation showcased Victor as the monster. Unfortunately‚ the actions of Victor Frankenstein went contrary to his intent. Victor’s addiction to knowledge became an obsession
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CURSE OF THE WEREWOLF In their Paris apartments‚ Emile Toussaint and the general are lounging about after breakfast. It’s Monday and a weekend storm is breathing its last over the gray‚ cold wet boulevards of the city of love. Emile has busied himself with his latest hobby‚ deciphering hidden meanings in the pictographs of ancient Mayan hieroglyphics. The general‚ restless as usual‚ has paced back and forth from his apartment to his comrade’s‚ reading the daily gazette among plumes of blue smoke
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The hero of this story‚ is an unusual character for he was an accident. The hero was an evil science experiment gone wrong. His birth name was Test#124. He was test#124 of 131 to be a supernatural human to destroy national monuments... Instead he became a warm hearted human born not to destroy anything. The LTD (Live To Destroy) was an evil group wanting to destroy the country. Their base was located in a barren desert in New Mexico called Area 52. Area 52 was a large dome like facility. It was all
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A promising young monster had a dream of becoming a Scarer. That was his dream‚ his ambition ‚ all he has ever prayed and lived for. He kept nursing his dream as he kept writing series of examinations just to gain admission into Monsters University. He failed severally till the day he got lucky and gained admission into the University. His first day in school‚ he observed what he never ever had thought about nor ever given a consideration which is "he is too handsome to be a monster". All the monsters
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