Sebastian Baum Mrs. Acres Scott ENG 3U1 12/8/2014 The Sociological Implications of Extraterrestrials and Outsiders on Society in Frankenstein and Close Encounters of the Third Kind Two novels‚ written more than a hundred years apart‚ explore the social acceptance (and rejection) of outsiders in an established society. Like Richard E. Yinger once said‚ “If we ever discover life forms in a biological sense‚ the implications will be largely sociological for our planet.” In many cases
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Frankenstein Quiz Letters—Chapter 17 1. Frankenstein is described as a Gothic novel. What are the ingredients‚ which define this type of work? 2. One of the key elements of the story is Victor’s state of mind. Show how the events in the story affect his behavior. 3. Frankenstein has three main storylines. What are they? 4. Sum up the letters 1-4 from Robert Walton and interpret their meaning. 5. What are the romantic elements contained in the letters
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In the novel‚ Frankenstein by Mary Shelly‚ Victor creates the creature in order to be noticed and remembered for creating life. However‚ even though making the creature was fascinating and exciting for Victor once the creature was animated Victor wanted nothing to do with his creation. Throughout the novel the creature can be seen trying to fit in and be accepted by Victor and the other people in the society. However‚ he is turned away and treated harshly because he does not look like a normal human
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Victor Frankenstein has been studying philosophy and chemistry‚ which has become his occupation. His destiny is to recreate life again and has been taught by Professor Krempe. At the end of two years he has finally made some decisions on how to recreate‚ ”I made some discoveries in the improvement of some chemical instruments‚ which procured me great esteem and admiration at the university.”(Shelley 18). His attraction was the structure of the human frame. Also‚ as he states in the writing‚ “ I revolved
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VICTOR Victor’s selfishness where he is consumed only in the suffering which affects him. Even despite the Monster’s eloquence and sensitivity‚ Victor’s superficiality causes him to disregard the Monster altogether. fVictor Frankenstein feels tremendously guilty over Justine’s death‚ and tortures himself endlessly over it. He feels in some ways that Justine’s murder is the worse of the two he is responsible for (“the other far more dreadfully murdered “(57)) and later‚ while sick and incarcerated
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In chapter sixteen Frankenstein’s monster‚ overcome by despair‚ shifts its personality from that of a creature seeking love to one who seeks revenge and redemption. It’s obvious that the creature has suffered a substantial amount of discrimination‚ but hence forward we get introduced to a monster‚ with a new personality‚ and a thirst for destruction. This monster seeks revenge on all human beings‚ regardless of whether or not they were the cause of its sorrow. The rejection of its “protectors”‚ whom
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‘Daemon’ is the term Victor Frankenstein uses to refer to his monster. However‚ I believe the real daemon is Victor himself. Firstly‚ I think his obsession with playing God in the beginning of the novel can be associated with a common belief that ‘playing God’ is an act of the devil. This belief is often found in religions as it is believed that God is the only and ultimate creator and to take upon creating new life into your own hands is evil. Victor explicitly posses this trait as‚ mentioned before
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studies show that roughly 26 million creatures get tried on consistently in the USA for commercial use. Testing on creatures has been a gigantic open deliberation in the most recent decade. Creature testing has been continuing for a long time for various reasons‚ for example‚ deciding the safety of drugs and testing new medicine. The entire procedure incorporates imprisoning animals in a hazardous situation and denying them of sustenance and water for quite a while to guarantee the achievement of
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Revenge Frankenstein has plenty of revenge in the story. There may have been a lot of revenge in the story but‚ you can not forget that there is also kindness in Frankenstein. The characters have good and bad in them which can leave to revenge. The story is great because you can see how people change throughout time. For an example the creature was nice at first because he was happy to be alive. Then when Frankenstein leaves him his anger increases which leads to revenge. The monster is the
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Junior English 2-16-13 Society; the Cause of Isolation In Frankenstein‚ the author Mary Shelley portrays the creature created by Dr. Frankenstein as a figure who is rejected from society which causes his isolation‚ becoming an outsider to the world and everyone around him. The characters which lead to the isolation of this creature are the creature himself‚ Dr. Frankenstein‚ and basically everyone else who encounters Frankenstein other than the blind man. The main ideas which surround this novel
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