George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is a literary classic that revolutionized the new genre of Science Fiction, as well as created a foundation and paved the way for many more iconic and exemplary stories to take place. Shelley wrote the novel in 1818, which was right in the midst of the Romantic movement in 19th century England. Due to this, Shelley’s writing style and narrative construction deemed Frankenstein as the pinnacle of Romantic literature. However, Shelley also heavily took inspiration from…

In Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein, the similarities and dissimilarities that Victor Frankenstein and his creation share are the key factors leading to their demise. Frankenstein’s creation, who can perhaps most accurately be referred to as a self-proclaimed fallen Adam (CITATION), parallels his creator in many ways - including in their regret of their pursuit of knowledge and the way that they both begin with good intentions but become warped and trapped in a cycle of vengeance. However, the…

“Don Juan’s achievement is not to reinterpret or recreate but to destroy the epic form by a comprehensive attach on the whole tradition of epic poetry – its style, its structure, and its values” (Lauber) This shows the idea of selfhood for Lord Byron. He went against the grain and created something nobody before him had. Although going against the grain can barely put it into perspective when destroying the epic form is the chosen way to describe it. Due to the nature of the poem, some readers…

growth of Lovelace’s personality and passion. Ada Lovelace was born to George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, and Anna Isabella Milbanke, 11th Baroness Wentworth, best known as Byron and Annabella, on December 10, 1815 in Piccadilly Terrace, Middlesex, England (Charman-Anderson 1; Meriwether 1). Her parents were complete opposites, often called the “Prince of Passions” and the “Princess of Parallelograms (Woolley 72). Byron was a famous poet of the early 1800’s who had many affairs, even after…