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    The major fault of Frankenstein as a character is not being able to accept responsibility for his creation and this is the first step along that path that he only accepts responsibility when he has lost everything. This extract comes at a critical point of the novel as Frankenstein has reanimated the monster and ran away from him. This impacts the development of both Frankenstein and the monster as characters. Frankenstein is tormented by what he has done. It is important to note us as the…

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    Frankenstein is a gothic fiction novel that follows the creature, Victor Frankenstein, and the creation, the creature. Many different characters including the main protagonist and antagonist bring up. The author, Mary Shelley uses the absence or lack of parental instruction to reveal how childhood innocence can be dramatically changed and affect their future decisions o who they choose to be. Victor was part of a wealthy Swiss family who treated him as ““...an object of their love, not a…

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    Similarity Between the Monster And Victor in Frankenstein People often act similarly to others when put in the same situation. For some, being similar to others is a task, for others it just happens. Either way, everyone is similar to other people, mentally, physically, or otherwise. In Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein, Victor and the monster end up to be quite similar. Both characters, Victor Frankenstein and the monster, had similar stages of development, disposition, and feeling. The wonder and…

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    Knowledge of Good and Evil. In Mary Shelley’s, Frankenstein, the main character, Frankenstein, creates a monster out of dead body parts and electricity. As Frankenstein grows to resent his creation, the monster becomes an outcast of society due to his difference in appearance. The monster vows revenge against his creator for making him this way and leaving him miserable and alone. Through a series of retaliations against each other, both the monster and Frankenstein…

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    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 backfires because when he chose to abandon the creature it unraveled his downfall, which is later to come. Shelley development of the creature shows why he wants to escape reality. In the novel Frankenstein; Victor Frankenstein, the creator of the creature,…

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    In Mary Shelly’s novel Frankenstein, there is a revolving theme of how knowledge is both a curse and a blessing. Victor strives to transcend death by creating a creature that would symbolize man’s desire for knowledge, and of the monster that craves for the acceptance of society. This theme is emphasized throughout the story of how one’s own desire of knowledge can lead to one’s downfall because of humanity’s selfish motives through the use of detailed imagery, sorrowful allusions, and in medias…

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    answer 1) Frame Narrative in Frankenstein: A Frame Narrative, known as a story within a story, is where two or more points of view are represented in a literary work. In the novel, Frankenstein, Mary Shelley uses a frame narrative to introduce the character of Victor Frankenstein and show the readers the different points of view of the two main characters. The use of this literary technique makes the reader question who they should trust; the creature or Frankenstein. After the creature…

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    The Power of Fear Mary Shelley's Frankenstein relates one of the most chilling, thought-provoking novels narratives of all time. Two centuries of enamored readers have pored over her deliciously-twisted story. Shelley's novel highlights a myriad of themes exploring ambition, revenge, moral obligation, and familial bonds. We, as readers, are introduced to Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant scientist who unearths the secret to innervating dead matter. He assembles a massive creature from…

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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…

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    Gothic Fiction: Finding The Sublime Gothic Fiction novels are normally very gloomy and depressing. Novels of the Gothic Fiction genre usually take place in a towering castle with a very ominous vibe. Most people that are interested in the Gothic Fiction genre tells that Gothic Fiction is very gloomy and depressing, but Gothic Fiction authors are actually quite romantic. Gothic Fiction represents sadness and depression but it also can have a soft side to it as well. Readers of Gothic…

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