Isolation in Frankenstein Essay

Dracula as an iconic horror novel The strongest feeling of humans is fear. It exists as one of the primal instincts and as one of the most sophisticated, unknown phenomena. During all human history, fear follows people in the superstitions, dread before the dark, occult rituals. All these elements become an inseparable part of human culture. The so-called gothic literature founded the horror genre’s principles which should be followed in order to create a good horror novel. One of the brightest…

My favorite scene in the Lion King is the one where Scar kills Mufasa. It might not surprise anyone to learn that when I share this fact, I usually get reactions of shock and horror. This scene makes me excited; it makes most people extremely sad. But how can you not love it? It’s the culmination of the brilliant villain’s evil plan! It’s the rise of Scar, voiced by the magnificent Jeremy Irons. In an instant, Mufasa’s rescue of his son is turned from triumph to tragedy as Scar utters the bone…

An urban legend is a story passed from person to person that some people may believe is true. They range from plausible to completely ridiculous. These stories often teach a moral lesson, in the case of the above picture, that of a wendigo, the lesson is don’t resort to cannibalism. These stories also tend to play on emotions, in the case of the wendigo the targeted emotion is fear; in the case of the nude surprise party the main emotion was embarrassment. Urban legends exist as a way for people…

Throughout the works of literature read thus far, the concept of the quest comes to mind. This idea of searching for a greater good best describes the character’s journey we’ve learned about. Being that a quest can be described as a tedious search for something, it is generally viewed to be for some significant outcome, that benefits the fulfillment of the quester. During prehistoric events, this notion of fulfillment was based off of furthering mental, physical, and spiritual knowledge. For…

The concept of evil has changed drastically from the Anglo-Saxon culture to the Modern American culture. In the Anglo-Saxon culture, everyone sees the villain as evil. In the Modern American culture, villains are created to be both evil and likable. In the poem Beowulf, Grendel is an unlikable villain. Grendel possesses no qualities that make readers want to enjoy him. Grendel is described as a deformed figure that kills people with no remorse. These qualities show that Grendel is created to be…

Zombies… Vampires… Whose side are you on? For centuries we have been entertained by these superficial beings; Folklores, books, movies, and the family next door. Being a child of the 80’s and 90’s, growing up it was only the vampires lurking in the darkness of our televisions, books, and imaginations. Zombies must of have been buried deep in the ground, digging their way out, an idea and book at a time. As expressed by del Toro and Hogan, vampires have been our favorite night crawler for…

Frankenstein: A Feminist Critique of Science by Anne K. Mellor argues Mary Shelley’s 18th century story of Frankenstein is a feminist critique of science. As the basis of her argument, Mellor establishes Shelley’s credibility in the field of science. She does so by pointing to Shelley’s knowledge of various scientists of the time, especially Galvani. Galvani’s experiments with running electricity through the dead, causing the corpses to move, was the basis for Frankenstein. In addition, Shelley…

sophisticated plots than their related Romance counterparts do. Frankenstein is just one of the numerous novels in the Gothic style. Mary Shelley employs the common Gothic elements of suspense, supernatural events, intense emotion, women in distress, and pathetic fallacy in her popular novel. Suspense and mystery are common builds to the plot in Gothic novels and in Frankenstein specifically. As the monster follows Victor Frankenstein on his journey through England, when he will next encounter…

Have you read the book Frankenstein, watched the movie, or even heard of it? Frankenstein is written by Mary Shelley, it’s a book about how Robert Walton experiences an unusual encounter while he is in the Artic. He writes to his sister Margret and tells her how he saw a gigantic man being pulled by a dogsled, the next day he finds a man ill. Robert helps him back to health and that when the man tells him the story. The man ends up being Victor Frankenstein, he tells how he focused all his…

In his piece, Utilitarianism, Integrity and Responsibility, Bernard Williams critiques utilitarianism by examining two examples through a utilitarian perspective. Based on his analysis, Williams claims that utilitarianism doesn’t allow for integrity because the agent is not only responsible for his actions, but for those of others as well. The first example focuses on George, an expert chemist, who can’t find a job due to his poor health. This causes strain on his wife and children. A…