Francis Godwin

Education is a large concept discussed within Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein; or the Modern Prometheus. However, education within the novel is not discussed in a contemporary sense, insead using it to convey the concepts of irregular education, scientific discovery, and the importance of learning about one self. Throughout Frankenstein education is discussed in a variety of sense mainly in the forms of differing self learning and the use of self-learning to propel yourself forward.…

“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…

“Learn from me, if not by my precepts, at least by my example, how dangerous is the acquirement of knowledge, and how happier the man is who believes his native town to be the world, than he who aspires to become greater than his nature will allow" (Shelley 53). Though Frankenstein was written in 1818, it had still been one of the most well-known Gothic Romance novels written to this day. Mary Shelley, the author who grew up in England, took quite a risk when writing this because “horror…

Andreas Vesalius was led by Galen’s text, On Anatomical Procedures, to do practical research for understanding human anatomy. His book, On the Fabric of the Human Body, was based on his personal dissection of a body to illustrate what he was discussing. It 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…

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…

To many, the end of October is a time of corn mazes, costume parties, and haunted houses. Many cultures celebrate harvest festivals during October, though none are as well-known as Halloween. Because Halloween is primarily descended from the Celtic festival of Samhain, when some think of Halloween, they think of bats and cats and witches. However, although Halloween as it is currently know is a wholly American creation with regional rituals handed down by generations, it did not become a…

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…