Gangsta's Paradise

FRANKENSTEIN: The True Monster Mary Shelly’s novel titled Frankenstein is the tragic story of Victor Frankenstein and his creation. Victor Frankenstein is a man obsessed with knowledge of the unknown. He played a dangerous game with the laws of nature, and creates his own form of man. Guilty of robbing dead bodies of their parts to build his creation piece by piece he has the nerve to feel disgust at what he created. “I had desired it with an ardour that far exceeded moderation;…

Thy equal fear that my firm faith and love Can by his fraud be shaken or seduced; Thoughts, which how found they harbour in thy breast Adam, misthought of her to thee so dear? (9. 286-89) In this passage, Eve expresses disappointment in Adam’s reasoning concerning her liability of being enticed by the devil. Eve is saddened that Adam, despite being close to her, believes that she would compromise her love and faith in Adam for the evil. Adam has little conviction in Eve and her…

This new farm is an opposite to the Paradise of Talbothays; it has no natural beauty and life, and is instead run by machines like the steam-thresher; Tess has no love here to make her days of hard labor bearable. Alec approaches Tess during one of her weakest moments, in a scene surrounded by hellish imagery of smoke and fire, and even jokes about himself being the devil, “A jester might say this is just like Paradise. You are Eve, and I am the old Other One come to tempt you…

Throughout the novel, Mary Shelley hints at the similarity of the relationship between Frankenstein and the creature, and the relationship between God and humanity in deism. Deists believe in an unreachable and distant God who created nature and humanity, then stepped out. They believe in the principle that God abandoned the world, and the laws of nature now govern humanity. Evil and corruption only enter the world when humanity fails to live up to their potential or to the laws of nature.…

We find Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. Satan approaches Eve disguised as a serpent and asks Eve if it is true that God has said that they cannot eat of any of the trees in the Garden. Eve replies, “We may eat of the trees in the Garden, but God said we may not eat of the tree in the middle of the Garden, we cannot even touch it or we will die.” Satan lies to Eve and tells her they will not die. He tells her that God just does not want them to be like Him and know good from evil. What…

In Mary Shelley's romance novel Frankenstein, she emphasizes the theme of knowledge in order to tell the story of the curious scientist, Victor Frankenstein. The novel focuses on his deep desire to create human life and therefore he has a need for new knowledge. The knowledge he gains drives him to create a murderous monster that constantly causes corruption. Although labeled as a hideous, wretched monster throughout the novel, the creature develops a sense of innocence. As the monster proves…

From the earliest stories, forest settings have been powerful in the multiplicity of ways they can both impact and reflect characters and relationships. The very first story in The Bible, Adam and Eve, takes place in the Garden of Eden. Similar to The Scarlet Letter, it is a story of the loss of innocence and temptation. Forest settings provide symbolic implications of the natural world that reveal important details in the story. The majority of the novel is set in an intimate Puritan town in…

When society does not facilitate companionship, characters in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein harden and seek isolation. This is most vividly delineated through her characterization of Victor Frankenstein’s creature. Built from a patchwork of decaying body parts, the creature is born nameless and alone; his basic existence and worth are solely determined by society and society’s perception of him. This utter aloneness he faces only augments his dire need for companionship, even at the price of a…

The philosopher Thomas Carlyle once said “Isolation is the sum total of wretchedness to a man.”. Isolation is the cause of a person being separated or apart from others in society. In Mary Shelley’s novelbook, Frankenstein, isolation is confronted in different ways by different characters. Victor Frankenstein, the Creation and Robert Walton all suffered both the physical and emotional effects of isolation. While Robert Walton barely escapes the dangers of isolation, both Victor and the Creation…

People who are parents are supposed to teach lessons and be role models for their children. In Frankenstein by Mary Shelley there is an emphasis on the topic of parenting. Parents are supposed to be people their children should emulate. Mary Shelley has shown examples of bad parents by introducing parental figures that do not give nor receive respect while also being untrustworthy and oblivious. The parents that are introduced in this novel are not to be trusted as they do not help but instead…