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Mary Wollstonecraft, 1759-1797, was an English feminist who, in 1792, published “The Vindication of the Rights of Woman”, a persuasive essay (Fleming, Hoover, Peterfreund, & Rogers, 2006). Wollstonecraft, a product of the Restoration, was self-educated and the founder of English feminism (Fleming,et al.). During the Restoration, the English monarchy reestablished after a twenty year era of civil war and strict Puritan regulation, so Wollstonecraft’s ideas were especially out of character for…

and wealth, something would still be missing… love. Love takes many forms us as human can yearn for, whether it be from family, friends or a relation with more of an intimate intent. Through personal experiences and beliefs, along with the reading of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein in class and personal readings of the Human Condition by Hannah Arendt, I came to the conclusion that a person cannot reach their full potential, find happiness or simply live without some type of human connection or love…

choosing just reimbursing desire will harm not just himself but also the people around him and it was not worthy! There are various examples of suffering in different characters due to their predicaments or the circumstances by which they are surrounded. Mary Shelley is trying to show that suffering in general emotion for many different types of people, she makes emphasis on the fact that suffering is a consequence due to the individual’s actions. Victor was suffering due to the ambitions of his…

Although a lack of maternal presence is a major theme seen throughout Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, nature fulfills that role to many of the characters. Often overcome by grief, the characters find solace in being away from the evils of humanity. The simplicity, beauty, and peacefulness of nature strengthen their spirits through its beauty and tranquility. In many cases of the characters without a mother, nature is always there for them, just like any mother should be. Its beauty and restorative…

Cast into a world replete with bewildering innovation, Mary Shelley, at the mere age of nineteen, defied seemingly impenetrable gender conventions of nineteenth century England through her enticingly horrifying composition of Frankenstein, eternally convoluting the ethics of invention. A Romantic at heart, Shelley, through her intricate elaboration of Victor Frankenstein and his creation as well as scenery, expounds upon the deleterious outcomes associated with the distancing of oneself from the…

is constructed in a very peculiar way. Mary Wroth, in sonnet 42 "Pamphilia to Amphilanthus," interprets the blazon within herself rather than her love. Both uses of the blazon depict a time in which love is of the essence. However, in both sonnets, the person in which they are describing is forever unknown. Shakespeare attacks the blazon of his sonnet and creates an anti-blazon, while both sonnets are still in singular perspectives. In Shakespeare and Mary Wroth 's sonnets, both have a wide…

In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, the author incorporates the idea of the negative impact a lack of a parental figure has on the nurturing of the creature’s life. From the moment the creature became animated, he experienced feelings of isolation as even his own creator, Frankenstein, alienated him and left him to grow up as an outsider. For this reason, the creature’s knowledge and nurturing was learnt through experience and therefore lead him to a miserable and vengeful life. From his experience,…

Despite it is not our opinion of horror that makes us jump out of our chairs, Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein and modern horror are alike in many ways. Her novel reveals different elements of horror, and it does not just makes us think, but it instills in us, sending chills down our spin. The horror story is just a popular today as it was in Shelley's early nineteenth century England. This was a time period of tremendous change. Gothic horror and Realism writing style were at its…

When individuals have hard choices to make and end up choosing the wrong one, they have it upon themselves to deal with the consequences in a stoic, detached manner to avoid making the same mistake again. In Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, characters are often clouded by their judgement and end up botching things. Victor Frankenstein is unable to deal with this moral conflict in a logical manner, ultimately harming himself and others around him. Victor Frankenstein ends up morally betraying…

There have been many books that capture the idea of a struggling protagonist but not many that have the complexity of Frankenstein. Written by Mary Shelly, Frankenstein is not only a genre defining book but one that also poses two main characters that share very different stories. The author, Mary Shelley’s writing style allows for the reader to see both the Monster’s and Victor’s side of the story and gives the reader the opportunity to sympathize with each character. This Writing style allows…