Edward William Godwin

“The Bell Jar” by Victoria Lucas (Pseudonym of Sylvia Plath) was first time published on 14 January 1963 in the U.S of America after her death in a same year. This book was written as novel by Sylvia Lucas, but in comparison with her life before this book, we can clearly say that it is autobiographical book, where the author tries to wright her personal story but under different name, Plath choose Esther Greenwood as her protégé in the book. Both of them had experience with magazines and…

Child’s Abandonment When I was a child, I used to think that parents are the ones who raise and nurture you till you grow up. In this case, it is often said that some children are abandoned at birth; with no one to care for them, which brings me to my next point. In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, it is a creature that Victor Frankenstein created due to the loss of his mother. In creating this monster, he believes that he can resurrect anyone. Ironically, his plan in it unraveled humans…

As a child, Victor was the oldest out of 2 children, not including his adopted cousin Elizabeth. However, Victor lost his mother due to delivery complications with his brother William. One of her last wishes was for Victor and Elizabeth to marry. Instead, Victor goes off to attend the University of Ingolstadt to study science and discovers the secrets of life (Character Analysis, cliffnotes). While attending Ingolstadt, Victor…

presented a careful examination of the individual organs and general structure of the human body. Vesalius’s discovered Galen’s errors about the human body. Vesalius discovered that the great blood vessels originated from heat instead of the liver. William Harvey demonstrated in his book, On the Motion of the Heart and Blood, that the heart, not the liver, was the beginning point of the circulation of blood in the body, and the same blood flows in both the veins and arteries making a complete…

The novel Frankenstein written by Mary Shelley is a classic work of literature analyzed and discussed in thousands of higher education institutions every day. Since two hundred years ago when the novel was first published under an anonymous name, there have been several film adaptions created to try to emulate Shelley’s writing in the cinematic medium. Many times, when modifying a book into a movie, directors either change or eliminate many crucial elements of the plotline in order to make the…

treated for the first and only time with “compassion” (“Frankenstein”). The man’s children come back and are horrified by the Monster’s appearance. They chase him into the wilderness, where he comes across Victor’s brother, William. Terrified and angry, the Monster kills William and plants evidence on Justine Moritz. He then kills Elizabeth Frankenstein, Victor’s wife. Because of the creativity Shelley used with the narration, Frankenstein comes full circle in the end, with Victor chasing the…

Saint of Failure Saint Bridget of Sweden, was born in June of 1303 her exact date is still unknown. She was born as Birgitta Birgersdotter in Uppland Sweden. She was the daughter of Birger Pertersson and Ingeborg Bengtsdotter, her family was very religious. They attended mass and went to confession every week. Her father also made many journeys to holy cities. When Birgitta was ten years old her mother passed away, leaving Birgitta, Catherine, her younger sister and their new born brother. They…

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was a man of many contradictions and mystery. Though scientifically educated, he was a believer of fairies and stances. He believed in life beyond death and often rose above the logic of common man. A humanist who identified with oppressed people, and clearly expressed his anguish in his book The Crime of the Congo, a long pamphlet in which he denounced the horrors of that colony ad many such creations. His humanist nature was also seen in his book…

Psychoanalysis of Frankenstein Mary Shelley was Born on August 30th 1797. Her mother died shortly after her birth and father was left to care for her and her half sister Fanny Imlay. Mary’s half- sister is a daughter her mom had from an affair with a soldier. She loved reading as a kid (sometimes by her mother’s grave)as well as daydreaming and escaping from her challenging home and into imagination. Her father remarried to a woman named Mary Jane Clairmont who had two kids already. Later…

My dearest friend Mary Wollstonecraft was born April 27, 1759. The 1750’s were a time for literature. Mary had struggled with publications due to this Enlightenment era, but still overcame it. Mary Wollstonecraft helped with breaking boundaries in literature even when considering how harsh the church was in this time era. Mary became the author of the pamphlet “Thoughts on the educations of daughters”. She witnessed a speech called “Vindication of the Rights of Men” which changed her, and some…