James Brolin

Modern Ethics within the Genesis “Fall” Narrative and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein Most people in the Western hemisphere know the story of the “Fall.” This is the biblical myth of Adam and Eve consuming the apple in the garden of Eden and being exiled by God. Meanwhile, the story of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is not as well known, but is still extremely popular. It is a tale of how a deranged doctor summons a dead object back to life. While both of these stories seem to be completely different,…

To quote the infamous Shaggy 2 Dope of the Insane Clown Posse, “Water, fire, air, and dirt- fucking magnets how do they work?” (“Miracles”). The answer to his profound question lies in an alternative medicine practice that has been used by healers going back thousands of years. Magnet therapy stems from the idea that particular medical disorders can be treated by using magnetic fields (“Magnetic Healing”). Magnet therapy has become increasingly popular over the years, causing the sale of magnets…

Recently opened in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, Understanding Human Loneliness, analyzes the discrepancy between internal isolation and external being. Located in an empty warehouse, Understanding Human Loneliness features only two works: Le Déjeuner sur l’herbe by Edouard Manet and Triptych, Left Panel by Paula Rego. The two works are vastly different – Rego’s piece features bright colors and jarring imagery while Manet’s piece employs subdued colors and less narrative – but evoke a…

Janae Eaton Mrs. Shelley Wisener English 2321: Frankenstein Analysis Essay 2 October 2017 The Unconscious, the Desires, and the Defenses Frankenstein has a central theme of creation, specifically that of other life. The mythological story of Prometheus as well as the story told in Genesis are primarily focused on creation and the aftermath of the formation of new beings. The three pieces of literature connect in this way which is crucial to their meaning. They also connect by the criticism The…

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is a novel constructed around the idea of a potentially dangerous pursuit of science. The calamities of the novel unfold because of Victor Frankenstein’s irresponsible and unchecked subversion of the laws of nature; Victor, through his scientific achievements, gives rise to a species that he is ill-equipped to take care of and monitor. However, Shelley’s novel is not meant to be a critique of science as a field of study, but rather a critique of the methods with which…

Imagine a world where almost any organism can be created, the only limit being a person’s imagination. These unique organisms could be created to then do whatever you wish-both for good and evil actions. This is the world that Margaret Atwood describes in her novel Oryx and Crake, which takes place in a post-apocalyptic world where people have been all but wiped out. Throughout the novel, Atwood introduces numerous organisms that are created by human beings to either for entertainment or help…

Frankenstein, a novel written by Mary Shelley tells the story of a scientist, Victor Frankenstein and his creation of a monstrous creature. Throughout the novel we are able to witness the relationship between the monster and his creator while simultaneously following their individual paths as they cross one another. From each individual journey we see how appearance, ambition, lack of compassion, affection, grief and horror contribute to each story and play a leading effect in the perspective of…

One day, in 1960, a man named Tim Dinsdale drove to Loch Ness in Scotland and began to film something that would change reality. People should believe that the Loch Ness monster may exist in Loch Ness. The fact that the Loch Ness monster exists is supported by significant evidence that includes water-based sightings, land-based sightings, film/pictures, and sonar evidence. This monster is according to Dictionary.com “a large aquatic animal resembling a serpent or a plesiosaur like a reptile,…

Within Manuel Aguirre’s “Gothic Fiction and Folk-Narrative Structure: The Case of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein.” and A. A. Markley’s “Mary Shelley's ‘New Gothic’: Character Doubling and Social Critique in the Short Fiction.” we see the reevaluation of the presence of the gothic in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. Gothic as both a genre and a form of literary narration and Shelley’s usage and possible manipulation of is pondered over in both article. Manuel Aguirre argues that Shelley’s Frankenstein…

Love is a destructive force. This is the common theme shared by the story of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and the ancient Roman text The Aeneid by Vergil. The deer and fire imagery that highlights the disastrous love of Dido and Aeneas is referenced through Victor Frankenstein. Both texts comment on powerful emotions and unavoidable fate. The tragedy itself begins with the realization that love is painful. In the Aeneid, Dido doesn’t realize how strong her feelings for Aeneas are until it’s too…