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A common reading of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” is that it is a cautionary story about the dangers of going too far with science and meddling with what one does not understand. The novel does deal with themes of negligence and lack of care, but not necessarily in the arena of science itself. Rather, the novel uses the story of Victor, a figure who is at once a mother and a father, to display themes of parental negligence and the negative outcomes that this produces in the child. However, this…

Although the Monster is left to itself it quickly learns language and moral values.Victor Frankenstein sought forbidden knowledge to create a dross creature, however he soon faces the consequences such as, being the suspect of a murder and loved ones dying which causes Victor to feel inexorable neglect. Victor Frankenstein went out of his way to do a huge scientific experiment, this was to create another being unnaturally. Victor uses his skilled…

In the epic of Gilgamesh, Enkidu transformation from a beast (quotes) to a well clothes human can be view as humans search for meaning in the world of pain. In the epic of Gilgamesh, it can be viewed that Enkidu, a peaceful beast living without fear and pain became a victim of the horrors and pain of the world. His transformation by singing, wearing clothes and bathing with the help prostitutes became a profound question as to what is the meaning of life and how can humans be differentiate…

Frankenstein, Freddy Kruger, the Blob, Godzilla, the bogeyman are all fictional monsters that have haunted humanity for generations, known for the terror they spread. Unfortunately, not all monsters are fictional; there are even some masquerading as humans that show no humanity or compassion. Second only to Hitler himself, Dr. Joseph Mengele is the most notorious monster since the last millennium. Dr. Mengele performed a myriad of horrid experiments in the hops of not only creating the perfect…

As an illustration, after Henry Frankenstein created the monster, he did not run away from the monster as Victor Frankenstein did in the novel. Instead, he does not relinquish and believes that his experiment is not a failure. He is testing on the monster’s physical responses in his lab and is trying to prove his success to professor…

of turmoil, isolation and abandonment. Victor Frankenstein is the main character that is brought aboard Robert Walton’s ship while chasing his “creation” that is a murder. While aboard the ship Frankenstein tells the story of how he created the “monster” that torments him. Frankenstein, chooses a life of a search for knowledge that leads him down a life of science where is plays god. Through themes, elements of romanticism Shelly…

"He was spawned in that slime, conceived by a pair of those monsters born of Cain, murderous creatures banished by God, punished forever for the crime of Abel's death" (Gardner 6). For centuries, Grendel has been classified as a paragon of evil through his abuse of Hrothgar's kingdom in the Anglo-Saxon tale, Beowulf. There has always been the illusion that Hrothgar's people are innocent and are being attacked by Grendel solely for his own pleasure; however, what if Grendel is truly the innocent…

Frankenstein and Edward Scissorhands have the same theme that the creatures aren’t always the monsters, humans can be the real monsters, they are not accepting of beings who are different. Frankenstein’s monster and Edward were both created in very similar ways but the chance to interact with humans were very different. They both came to life through inanimate parts. They both contain human parts, Frankenstein’s monster completely and as far as it is shown most of Edward too; of course…

The story of a creation cast down to a (both literal and metaphorical) hell is the basis of both John Milton’s Paradise Lost and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. It is of no coincidence that the novel Victor’s monster comes upon and reads is Paradise Lost - from it the monster is able to find some kinship in a fictional tortured soul much like him who lost the safety of their creator’s realm and was thus left to essentially rot alone. The monster’s story echoes in many ways the story of Adam and the…

Introduction “Journey to the Center of the Earth” by Jules Verne is a novel that truly dives the reader into the center of the earth through striking portrayals, itemized clarifications, and the "eye witnessed" records of the storyteller. On the most fundamental level, Journey is an experience story, a story of the hindrances, experiences, and ponders. The unpredictable researcher Professor Hardwigg discovers headings to the center of the earth in an old book and sets out, alongside his nephew…