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Mary Shelly’s novel Frankenstein contains many supernatural elements and fantastical events. However, in addition to the supernatural fears it introduces, it also brings something even more menacing: the danger in human nature. This genre of science fiction is one basically invented by Mary Shelley in which she explores a direction many would not be familiar with. Although seemingly unrelatable, she ties in the innate desires of humanity and twists it into something evil. Suffering from the…

Upon entering the deepest part of Hell, the reader is introduced to an unorthodox depiction of satan. To most, this depiction of Satan may be unsatisfactory. Most picture Satan as being completely red, with two horns, a tail, and a pitchfork; the Ruler of the Underworld. However, Dante provides another image. Initially, Dante, from a distance, sees what he believes is a windmill. As he gets closer, he realizes the forceful winds are created by the flapping wings of Satan; the wings being a…

Expectation and reality are two different sides of a story. The former could change depending on one’s imagination or vision, but the latter on the other hand remains a fact. The outcome of having high expectations can often be disappointing. This outcome is mainly called the reality, which at times can be cruel. An expectation and its reality are never consistently even. The two sources that I chose to compare and contrast are Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and On Seeing England for the first…

Set in the year 2019, with majority of the film taking place in a futuristic Los Angeles, Blade Runner is a movie about a retired police officer Rick Deckard who is the protagonist and a “blade runner”, Blade runners track down bioengineered beings known as replicants and retire them which means destroying them. On the surface the movie seems to be a manhunt movie of the hero chasing down these evil villains who have escaped and are out causing trouble, but from my view it seems to be more about…

Satanism Satanism as a religious topic refers to the collaboration of philosophical and ideological beliefs on the character of Satan. Satanism officially lingered in the public offing in 1966, with the emergence of Church of Satanism. However, prior to the Church of Satanism, history shows that Satanism existed earlier. Earlier, according to historical facts, a group known as Sphite Cultus Satanas established itself in the State of Ohio in 1948. Sloane Arthur Herbert founded the Sphite Cultus…

This quote, from one of Walton's letters to his sister on his voyage north, explains more of the story of Frankenstein, than one expects. Frankenstein explores the creation life and existence through an unorthodox way. The creation of everything we know is unclear to us, and is questioned by those who believe in religion and those who believe in science on and everyday basis. One of the five major competencies that the Intellectual Heritage Program says students should be able to do by the…

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein displays a vast amount of emotions that vary from morose, melancholic anguish, to unfathomable ire. There are six scenes which stood out due to the tone and atmosphere revolving around those junctures. When Victor is faced with the death of his mother, he becomes despondent, when Elizabeth is murdered, he is dejected and feels a sense of loss like no other, this can be intensified with music which reciprocates that feeling.In addition, Victor is tormented and…

In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein death is a recurring motif which is linked to destruction, revenge and monstrosity, however it is deaths inextricable link with life which challenged 20th century audiences and critiques. Victor Frankenstein conducted his experiment with the intention of creating life by bring together the world of the living and dead “appeared to me ideal bounds,” by overturning the limits of life he wished to be the first to create a formula for cheating death. Victor not only…

In this novel, Victor Frankenstein, the main character, proves to have a God-like superiority. Victor has created different Adam. This idea is emphasized when the Creature states that he feels like Adam, after he finishes reading Paradise Lost. "Like Adam, I was apparently united by no link to any other being in existence" (80). God was the first to create life, thus showing Victor's God-like superiority. In Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, Victor Frankenstein, the main character, proves to have a…

Genesis is established as being the beginning of everything and being all good but there is also the portrayal and interpretation of evil in the creation. In the genesis of evil, Dr. Altizer explains that the origin of evil is “unknown and as orthodox as the origin of god” (Altizer 80). The journal explains how Genesis contains several indirect interpretations of the portrayal of evil in genesis. One of the first interpretations of evil is seen when Adam and Eve sinned in Eden and turned away…