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    itself but also can have different meanings. It is also a powerful tool to that can be used as a result of our judgment. “Knowledge consists in recognizing the difference between good and bad decisions”. (Knowledge Intellectual understanding) In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein novel, characters had searched for something they had in common or a desire they shared; knowledge. Realizing the outcome was different than they expected. Walton, wrapped in his ambition, believed that searching for…

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    Despite an excessively foreshadowed plot, Shelley’s (the plot’s) ability to separate the reader from the setting while heightening a keen capacity in the reader to become more familiar with the spectrum of human emotions is enthralling and valuable. Mary Shelley foregrounded the feeling of estrangement now associated with science fiction.…

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    Mary Queen of Scots was executed on the 8th of February 1587, for high treason against the Queen. Her cousin, and Queen of England, Elizabeth I was reluctant to order the execution of Mary, as she was concerned that there would be dire consequences. The consequences were dire, but not nearly as bad as Elizabeth imagined they would be. The results of the execution impacted on the lives of the English people in many ways. Mary Stuart, or Mary I of Scotland, fled her home country of Scotland in…

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    Mary Ainsworth was a developmental psychologist best known for developing the ‘Strange Situation’ experiment which elaborated on John Bowlby’s Attachment Theory that observed the relationship between a child and its caregiver. Ainsworth’s interest with psychology began at the age of fifteen when she was introduced to William McDougall’s book “Character and Conductor of Life”, with this peek interest in psychology she went on to attend the University of Toronto where she was in the honors program…

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    The name Frankenstein pertains to the fictional character that was featured in Mary Shelley's novel entitled Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus. It is important that there are numerous ways how to interpret and analyze the symbolism behind the birth of Frankenstein in her novel. For one, it can be argued that the birth of Frankenstein can be seen as a symbol of Mary Shelley's perception of the process of childbirth. Frankenstein's birth was not really that traumatic or shocking. It was the…

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    Carl Sagan once said, “Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.” Mary Shelly, author of several novels, wrote Frankenstein in 1818. Frankenstein, a story within a story, also known as genre blending, navigates readers to a fictitious world full of knowledge, friendship, hate, and death. Among this fictitious world, a specific man, Victor Frankenstein, gathers great knowledge from numerous science books. After years of absorbing a collection…

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    During her study, Mary asked the caregiver leaved their children twice, first with stranger and alone at the second time. By observing the emotion and action of the children, she discovered out three patterns of the attachment which are secure attachment, avoidant attachment…

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    Frankenstein has become an iconic horror character since Mary Shelley first breathed life into her creation in 1816. Growing up my images of Frankenstein was that of the monster; square head, bolts in his neck, greenish in color and zombie style walk. The cartoons and images at Halloween, the television series, The Munsters, and the classic Boris Karloff movies of the 1930's painted the Creature as an iconic scary monster. It wasn't until I read Frankenstein in college that I truly understood…

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    In the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelly, the author explores various aspects of human nature and the choices related to them. The story revolves around Victor Frankenstein, who in his thirst for knowledge and to explore the unknown mysteries of nature, gives life to a creature who eventually becomes the cause of his destruction. The storyline of this novel is easily understandable but it achieved its complexity from having multiple narrators, Victor being one of them. Although Victor’s…

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    Mary Shelly's Frankenstein is a Gothic and Romantic novel written in the mid 1800s. The novel opens with Captain Robert Walton as he is cruising on his ship on the look for new and unfamiliar region. Amid his investigation, Robert's ship ends up noticeably caught in ice, and he experiences Victor Frankenstein, who looks hopeless. At the point when Robert starts to converse with Victor, Victor begins to clarify his biography, which winds up being a total disaster. Victor advises Robert of his…

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