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Mary Shelley, the author of the novel Frankenstein was the daughter of Mary Wollstonecraft, a woman whom many consider to be the first modern feminist. Mary Wollstonecraft authored the pamphlet “Vindication of Women’s Rights” in 1792, in which she argued that women were not, by their nature, inferior to men, but may have appeared so only because they lacked the same educational opportunities to which men had far greater access. Much has been written about Mary Shelley’s life that demonstrates…

In Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, Victor’s world is in a continuous state of change, from his family to his environment. However, the one thing that never deviates in the novel is Victor’s negative perspective of the Creature. Victor cannot change his perspective because he sees himself in the Creature, he has grown to despise himself due to his various actions in the novel, and because of this he hates the monster. Elizabeth, the most important member of Victor’s family, appears to be one of…

INTRODUCTION- ‘Mirror’ is a lyrical confessional poem written by Sylvia Plath a year prior to her death. She had written in the year 1961 but it was first published in 1971 by a London firm named Faber and Faber, eight years after her death. It was published as a part of a collection entitled ‘Crossing the Water’. It expresses the feelings of Sylvia Plath by an animated and personified mirror. GENRE- The genre of confessional poetry came into being in the mid-twentieth century with the entry of…

Gothic literary works have something that makes a man question and utilize the darkness to observe what should be found rather, than utilizing the light. Frankenstein, brought about by nineteen-year old Mary Shelley, may be the most renowned, most continuing creative work still talked about centuries later. Despite her huge success, Mary battled her own Frankenstein as her world began to disintegrate. It sort of started as a joke or a challenge but Mary took it very seriously; took…

A Psychoanalysis of Mary Shelley in Frankenstein A “hideous progeny” as Mary Shelley referred to the monster to as herself (Rothwell). This hideous progeny helps a reader to understand a portion of Mary Shelley’s personality. Which is important in order to truly understand the full context of Frankenstein. Knowing the Mary Shelley’s background and personality is rather insightful psychoanalysing her for better understand her novel. With all the experiences in person’s life it is certain that…

At the young age of nineteen, Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin Shelley wrote a novel that would shake the world. Frankenstein confronts many deep emotional questions via the trials and tragedies of the novel’s protagonist, Victor Frankenstein. Shelley fabricated the world of Frankenstein to be full of characters that each would be a driving force in the novel. Shelley’s life was riddled with scandals and tragedies, and she would use her writing to vent her emotions that she had kept to herself.…

The novel Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus published in 1818, written by Mary Shelley, a British female writer in the 19th century. Frankenstein was one of the most famous works in the world, already been translated to more than one hundred languages since it published. Mary’s parents were very eminent during that time. Her father was William Godwin, a radical political philosopher, and her mother, Mary Wollstonecraft, was one of the earliest feminists, who wrote A Vindication of the…

Wuthering Heights, first and only novel written by British author Emily Brontë, was published in England in the year 1847. Emily Jane Brontë was born on the 30th of July 1818 in the north of England. Emily and her siblings were educated at home by their father and aunt due to the death of their sister Elizabeth, who caught typhoid while being at school. Furthermore, Emily was a very unsocial individual; she didn't have many friends and didn't quite enjoy travelling either since it made her feel…

During the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries many of the medical discoveries we have today were not yet thought about. For this reason, many newborns did not have the immune system to fight off bacteria or viruses and were not able to survive. It was also common for mothers to contract infections from the instruments used while giving birth, which made pregnancy very dangerous as well. Especially in some parts of the New World, societal expectation put a lot of pressure on married women to have…

From a lamp post that was there from the beginning and the girl that finds it to a talking lion that all you want to do is love and a witch that had the power to free the world over C.S. Lewis has brought us one of the world's greatest book series, The Chronicles of Narnia. Although C.S. Lewis is recognized throughout the world as a great Christian thinker, philosopher, apologist and writer, his theology often fails to meet the standards of most Evangelicals and is often at odds with the broader…