Bride of Frankenstein

Written Task 1 Jane Eyre Rationale I have decided to write my Written Task 1 as a diary based on the novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë. Born on 1816, Charlotte was one of the many Brontë sisters. She was raised by her stern religious grandparents due to the death of her mother and eldest siblings. She then attended a clergy institute. Following this, she earned a living as a governess and a writer and soon after published the highly-critiqued novel ‘Jane Eyre’ in 1847 under the pseudonym…

The distinguished American writer Mark Twain once said “Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody”. In the short story “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” the antagonist Mr. Hyde, utilizes dishonesty to manipulate and deceive other characters, in order to carry out his crimes. The protagonist Dr.Jekyll utilizes his alternate persona of Mr. Hyde, to uphold his reputation to the standards of the Victorian society he is a part of. From the onset of his youth,…

The Power of Fear Mary Shelley's Frankenstein relates one of the most chilling, thought-provoking novels narratives of all time. Two centuries of enamored readers have pored over her deliciously-twisted story. Shelley's novel highlights a myriad of themes exploring ambition, revenge, moral obligation, and familial bonds. We, as readers, are introduced to Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant scientist who unearths the secret to innervating dead matter. He assembles a massive creature from…

"The Sneetches" is a story by Doctor Seuss where creatures are separated based on whether a star is present on their chest. The Sneetches with stars look harshly against Sneetches without because they feel they are the best. Because of this treatment the Sneetches without stars feel oppressed because of their cruel counterparts. This goes on for a time until Sylvester McMonkey McBean enters town with a machine that can put stars on and take stars off a Sneetch. So seeing this grand…

We all need friends. They care for us, even love us, and life without them would be very lonesome- just like the Creature’s, Robert Walton’s and Victor Frankenstein’s in Merry Shelley’s Frankenstein. Aristotle believes that there are three reasons why people become friends. Those are that the other person is good, useful, or pleasant (Aristotle 262). Furthermore, he distinguishes between a friendship where “two individuals recognize that the other person is someone of good character, and they…

INTRODUCTION The turn of the screw is a gothic ghost story novella written at the end of Victorian era by Henry James. Henry James(1843-1916) was English essayist, critic and author of “The Ambassadors”(1903), “Portrait of a Lady”(1881) and “The Turn of the Screw”(1897). James finished The Turn of the Screw in November 1897, and the story was published in Collier's Weekly between January and April of 1898. This American-born novelist became one of his generation’s most well-known writers…

Title- The Romantic city of Udaipur Keywords- Udaipur, city of lakes, garden city, Mewar, Maharana Udai Singh, Lake city, Lake pichola, Romantic destination, Venice of the East, lake palace, city palace, jag mandir, maharana pratap memorial, Chetak. Summary- Udaipur , better known as “The City of Lakes” or also sometimes as “Venice of the East”, a witness of the bounties of nature, in every which way possible. The palaces that exhibit the heroic past and the awe of nature that defies…

However, there is a more realistic and human description of it. A monster is a secretive being who acts in the purpose of their own selfishness and in that process destroys other people’s feelings or lives. In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, the main character Victor Frankenstein clearly embodies this definition of a monster. Most of the book is set in the late 1700’s and follows Frankenstein’s life. He is a young scientist who studies in a famous university. When his mother died, he wanted create…

Iconic Netflix series Stranger Things depicts the typical American small town of Hawkins, Indiana, where tucked away inside the innocent town lies the Hawkins National Laboratory, an insidious facility where main character Eleven is experimented upon because she was born with powers of telekinesis, among other supernatural abilities. Many argue that because the lab is her home, and her Papa takes care of her there, that she is safe, despite the testing she is forced to endure. When she escapes…

Waking up abruptly, covered in a cold sweat, and feeling like an indescribable force has just smacked life in its face may not be the best way to realize that a nightmare has just occured. But is this the same phenomenon that Henry Fuseli thought of when he painted The Nightmare? While Fuseli often made his paintings related to fantastic and gothic themes, but this painting may have had much more behind it. The Nightmare by Henry Fuseli could express secretivity and immorality because of the…