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    appearances and their education leads them deal with in different ways. Unlike John Merrick‚ the creature becomes violent and monstrous because of his education. In the novel‚ Frankenstein‚ the creature is self-educated because he was abandoned and left alone after he was “brought to life and born” by his creator‚ Victor Frankenstein. He begins observing the cottage family known as the DeLaceys. It is because of the DeLaceys‚ who indirectly educate the creature‚ which leads to his destructive and outraging

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    story of Wuthering Heights‚ by Emily Brontë is really a novel about the revenge of characters and the fact there is little love between most of the them in the book. There are cycles of hatred between most of the generations in the novel. However most of these conflicts can be traced back to two characters‚ Hindley and Catherine. These two characters pass down their own traits to later generation and the people around them. In total the similarities of the generations of characters at Wuthering Heights

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    Frankenstein was just your average joe until he lost his mother then all hell broke loose inside of his head. Mary Shelley developed the theme of death through having Frankenstein’s mother dying from scarlet fever‚ this is when Victor’s urge for the knowledge about death comes through the seams. His mother was nursing his sister back to health from scarlet fever‚ the inevitable happened‚ his mother had contracted scarlet fever and that took her fate. Frankenstein couldn’t get over the fact that nothing

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    There is nothing quite like a book the reader never wants to put down. To achieve this a novel must have interesting characters‚ a dilemma‚ and convey a lesson. Wuthering Heights‚ A Clockwork Orange‚ and The Death of Salesmen each contain these three main elements. All these books keep the reader interested. A Clockwork Orange does the best at fulfilling the readers interests. This novel has well developed characters. Even though the main character‚ Alex‚ commits horrible acts of violence to innocent

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    Frankenstein extreme ignorance towards fixing the problems ha has created also contributes his side of monster. He remains very ignorant in this situation. He does not realize that his creation become a monster‚ after he refused to accept and care. Unfortunately‚ when he try to fix problems it was too late to make any decisions. First he ruins the monster’s life by not giving him his rights. Then he destroy everything for the other creature he has in front of monster’s eye. This leads to a massive

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    Consider the importance of the method of narration employed in Wuthering Heights. Wuthering Heights is written by Emily Jane Brontë and narrated by Ellen Dean (Nelly)‚ a servant of both Catherine Earnshaw and her daughter‚ Catherine Linton. Emily Brontë must have thought she was the most convenient of characters to narrate this novel as Nelly was alive through each generation of both the Earnshaw and Linton families. Had someone like Catherine Earnshaw narrated the novel‚ it might have finished

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    Bronte’s use of violence forces the reader to understand the strength of feeling in her characters’. Using Wuthering Heights page 118 as your starting point‚ from ‘She rung the bell till it broke with a twang:’ to the end of the chapter‚ explore the use and portrayal of violence. Violence is an essential theme in this novel and is vital to the character’s personalities‚ that they use it to express their feelings. From reading this section it is evident that Bronte particularly focuses on punctuation

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    Demand can cause rage‚ vexation‚ and loss of hope. The creation in the novel Frankenstein desires desperate love and acceptance. These demands trigger him to act cynically towards victor‚ the cottagers and his covet for love. From murder to the confusion of love the beast evidently displays his necessity. He needs the attention of others to restrain him of his wrongful acts. The monsters yearn for love leads him to horrific acts of evil. Victor‚ the creator soon agrees to produce a beast of the

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    mentions his strong desire for love. He eventually approaches the cottagers he was watching and the only person home was the blind father. The blind man accepts him into his house and displays a glimpse of love to the monster. On the other hand‚ Frankenstein was able to obtain love much easier than the creature. Although it was easier for Victor‚ he shows his desire for love in a letter he wrote to his father: “My dear father‚ re-assure yourself. I love my cousin tenderly and sincerely. I never saw

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    In the book Frankenstein by Mary Shelley‚ Victor Frankenstein created a creature who became a monster. Events like this that create monsters occur during the beginning stages of their life. Rejection‚ abuse‚ and living with the fact that every time someone encounters the creature that they run in fear. The question is‚ are monsters born or shaped by their life experiences? Monsters are not born but formed through rejection and abuse. The first thing that the creature experienced when he was “born”

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