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    Ridley Scott or read the book Frankenstein by Mary Shelly? Well if you have read one of them amazing stories then you will know what I am going to talk about. I am going to talk about how those two stories are so much alike. In both of these stories there is a monster that is considered unacceptable by our “normal” social standards; they are deemed outcasts by the people who are hunting for them. People are afraid of the monsters unnatural abilities. These monsters show anger and frustrations…

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    29 April 2016 I did some research for the prompts. Blade Runner Film Response The confrontations with the two irrational beings provides similarity in the film, as shown when Deckard confronts the fugitive rebels and how Victor confronts the demon on the mountain. Both of these encounters are the climax of the novel, and are also the first meetings between the protagonists and rebel-figures. Without a doubt, these similar moments in the film and novel provide the reader with evidence of the…

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    called Adam and Eve. On the other hand, the scientist called Frankenstein creates a human by his own research about the physiology of the body at the university. Victor Frankenstein works really hard and he took his objective of creating a man in an interesting way. But, at the final Frankenstein could not make his dream come true. The creation process of both god and Frankenstein were different but we can find some of the similarities between their creations and consequences of their creature.…

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    Who is Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley? She is a very well know early English Literature, she wrote the book Frankenstein, the book all started with a gentleman named Captain Robert Walton, he was on his ship in the middle of the ocean in about the 18th century, the boat get stuck in impassible ice. While he was stuck he wrote his sister letters in England and all he wants was another gentleman to come and keep him company, because he was getting lonely. As all is going he seen a man out in the…

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    When Victor Frankenstein begins his studies of natural science, he does not foresee where his research will take him and the consequences it will have. Using his knowledge and passion for science, Frankenstein creates life by combining pieces of corpses. Frankenstein dedicates all of his focus and passion to his Creature until it 's animation. However, after he completes his creation, regret and disgust overcome him and causes him to fall ill. The Creature resembles nothing else that has…

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    the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelly the main character Victor Frankenstein studies natural sciences and becomes obsessed with the idea of creating life. He continues at his idea and eventually creates a humanoid know through the novel as “the creature.” He abandons this creature and leaves it to fend for itself. Although Victor and his creation are separated for a majority of the novel they have many similarities. Throughout the novel there some of the most notable similarities between the…

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    Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is a classic piece of literature that came to Shelley in a dream. John Polidori’s The Vampyre was also published at the same time as Frankenstein, and they both exhibit similar traits. Some of the concepts that the stories share are traveling, folklore and even sickness. To compare the two novels it is a must to start with the two storylines. The Vampyre begins in London with, "A mysterious nobleman, Lord Ruthven, makes his entrance into high society,”(Mustafa 1)…

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    IV Honors 8 December 2016 Frankenstein: A Struggle Between the Created and the Creator Frankenstein by Mary Shelley is an incredibly rich work imbedded with countless themes and concepts. The plot of the novel consists of a scientist creating a monster he then abandons out of fear and the creature destroying his family as revenge. A particularly profound phenomenon is the power interplay between the different characters of the work. Though intriguing power struggles between other characters most…

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    Cohen, Andrew. "Creating Monsters: How Solitary Confinement Hurts the Rest of Us." The Atlantic. Atlantic Media Company, 18 Apr. 2014. Web. 18 May 2016. Andrew Cohen’s article, “Creating Monsters”, reviews a documentary that touches upon the subject of inmate confinement. The author examines the effects of confinement on an inmate such as furthering or even creating mental illnesses, leading to an endless cycle of the destruction of confined inmates. The audience level for the article is high…

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    Similarity Between the Monster And Victor in Frankenstein People often act similarly to others when put in the same situation. For some, being similar to others is a task, for others it just happens. Either way, everyone is similar to other people, mentally, physically, or otherwise. In Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein, Victor and the monster end up to be quite similar. Both characters, Victor Frankenstein and the monster, had similar stages of development, disposition, and feeling. The wonder and…

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