Paradise Lost

Education is a large concept discussed within Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein; or the Modern Prometheus. However, education within the novel is not discussed in a contemporary sense, insead using it to convey the concepts of irregular education, scientific discovery, and the importance of learning about one self. Throughout Frankenstein education is discussed in a variety of sense mainly in the forms of differing self learning and the use of self-learning to propel yourself forward.…

converse and love so dearly joined- / To live again in These wild woods forlorn?” (9.908-910). In this scenario, Adam’s reason for disobeying God centers around his view of life without Eve. His usage of the word “forlorn” shows that Adam would consider paradise lonely without Eve. Adam’s inclusion of a rhetorical question in his statement also makes it clear that he cannot fully envision a future where Eve is not present. Thus, his fear of loneliness resulting from his fear of losing Eve is his…

Jennifer Menjivar Mr. Davenport Honors British Literature February 11, 2016 A.M.D.G. THE BLANK STATE The Latin phrase Tabula Rasa, also known as the "Blank Slate" was a epistemological theory—which explores the nature and complexity of knowledge—that was expanded on by John Locke. Locke's modernized idea involved the belief that, at birth, the human mind is essentially untouched. Humans are neither inherently good nor inherently evil during infancy. A child's mind is molded through…

woods and how they speak and interact with one another so he can understand the daily routine and feelings of a human being. While in the woods the Creature finds a copy of Paradise Lost and begins to read this along with excerpts from Victor’s journal that he found. The most powerful message the Creature gets from Paradise Lost is stated when he says, “…I am thy creature; I ought to be thy Adam, but I am rather the fallen angel…” (Shelley 100). The Creature realized who his creator really is…

In the third stage, Supernatural aid, the character accepts the quest and begins. The stages introduces a helper who appears to help the hero through the beginning if the quest. In Paradise Lost, Satan experiences characteristics of a hero as he was once an angel who fell from heaven. Satan’s journey to Eden demonstrates a perfect example of call to adventure as he tempts eve into wrong evil doings. He transforms into a snake and bribes Adam and Eve to eat from the forbidden tree in the Garden…

also acted like boys and were on the loose, spreading sin wherever they went. All these terrible things where possible under the rule of King Carter, who was an evil ruler chosen by Satan himself to lead us to a life of sin and misery. All hope seemed lost. But then, by the powerful hand of god, surrounded by angels in the sky through the gates of heaven came our saviours, the commanders of the faithful. God saw what was happening on earth and sent down his finest from heaven to awaken us, to…

The notion that landscapes have the power to stimulate contemplation about human nature is clearly articulated in William Golding’s Lord of the Flies. Through subverting traditional adventure tropes from Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe to Ballantyne’s The Coral Island, Golding posits through his dystopian novel that landscapes, rather than delivering a sense of the sublime, provokes us to question our human condition and ultimately elucidate “traits that define humanity” (Orslen) – spite, insecurity,…

Mary Shelley’s gothic novel, Frankenstein, is about a man Victor Frankenstein who is dying and he shares his tale of horrific terror with a sea captain, Walton. Victor is able to create a creature made from body parts and was able to bring them back to life. Once he realized the creature has become destructive, he abandons the creature and tries to live a normal life with his fiancé, Elizabeth. The lonely creature hunts for Victor and asks one of two things: a bride or revenge. In the eyes of…

In Dante’s The Divine Comedy, he describes the very center of Hell as an icy, frozen place. This is a direct contrast to what people normally believe Hell to be like, as expressed in John Milton’s Paradise Lost, in which it is rather described as a place full of fire, a literal furnace. Our minds are immediately drawn to a fiery Hell, as that is what is traditionally pictured in modern-day pop culture and the like. However, I believe Dante was right in his description, that ice is a metaphor…

Through out history, curiosity has driven humans to new and dangerous chapters of nature 's unexplored parts: Christopher Columbus’ curiosity drove him to cross an entire ocean, Adam and Eve’s curiosity drove them to eat a fruit, and Dr. Frankenstein’s curiosity drove him to study organic chemistry. However, it’s not the curious acts that cause the death of billions of slaves, the forever unperfect of lives of the human race, or the demise of the doctor himself. It’s the greed to obtain nature…