Percy Bysshe Shelley

“Is there anything science should not try to explain? Science is knowledge and knowledge is power; power to do good or evil. Sometimes ignorance is bliss” (Davies). These words shared by theoretical physicist Paul Davies ring solid throughout the haunting story of “Frankenstein,” by Mary Shelly. Seen by many as the “Modern Prometheus,” this story details the exploits of the fictional scientist Victor Frankenstein, with his humble beginnings as a curious learner, his obsessive thirst for the…

In “Monster Culture (Seven Theses)” Jeffery Cohen explains the concept that he calls “monster culture”. Cohen introduces his topic with concepts of monsters being something not affected by time, and that there has been a tendency for hybrid monsters due to generational behavior. In the article Cohen uses his seven theses to convey his thoughts, each pertaining to a different aspect of his “monster culture.” Thesis one is used to portray his outlook on cultural influence on the monster. Cohen…

You’re in low atmosphere, you don’t have much energy left, your opponent only seems to be getting stronger, and the fate of the world and the entire universe rests in your hands. It’s pretty intense, but sometimes situations can be like this or worse, ok maybe not as severe, but it feels that way at the time. Well this is about one of those severe situations. This is about the time I had to save the universe from an evil creature called Majin Buu. This particular battle was not easy for me even…

literary movement that swept through virtually every country of Europe, the United States, and Latin America that lasted from about 1750 to 1870. Many of the main ideas behind the literary movement of Romanticism can be seen in Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and in the “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Shelly and Coleridge both created the idea that one should be punished if s/he decides to go against the natural laws of nature. The punishment was that of no other, the…

Scream Factory is once again dipping into the Empire Pictures / Charles Band line of films, this time with a double feature of The Dungeonmaster and Eliminators. Two films that looked like they would be a drag to get through, but ended up being a hoot and a half instead. I know, I was as suprirsed as you are right now. Anyway, let's hop in our mobile unit (you need to read on to see what the heck I'm talking about) and get on with this review of both movies... PRODUCT INFORMATION PLOT SUMMARY…

or it may be any other existing attitudes. Example: “I shuddered to think that the future ages might curse me as their pest, whose selfishness had not hesitated to buy its own peace at the price perhaps of the existence of the whole human race,” (Shelley 198) Function: In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein,…

“Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood!” With a group of children facing independent survival, William Golding challenges many readers to decipher what the “Beast” is in his novel, Lord of the Flies. As a matter of fact, he expresses that the beast is fear. According to Document A, entitled, “The terrors of the unknown,” it states,”...there are no comforting mothers to dispel the terrors of the unknown. They externalize these fears into the figure of a beast.” This illustrates that…

There is a battleline between good and evil that is never separated and this battleline runs through the hearts of mankind. Robots on the other hand, do not have emotions, a heart or feelings. Robots are just programmed and then commanded to do things that humans are too lazy to do or physically cannot do. A malfunction with these robots can turn into devastating consequences that can result into something as worse as the elimination of mankind. A researcher creates a super-intelligent AI that…

Victor grave robs, steals, and cheats in order obtain the materials necessary to make the experiment. These materials are human body parts. This is the first inclination the reader gets that Victor is no longer the man he was once thought to be. Throughout the whole processes Victor excludes himself from the world. Being in solitude changes the ethics of some people. They forget what human contact is like, what it means to care for someone of something. Most importantly, being lonely and in…

Even though his family has been killed by the creature, Dr. Frankenstein only takes action against it after his last family member has been killed by it. He does so because he cannot rely on his family for emotional support, which shows that he is narcissistic, and cares more about himself than the welfare of other people. When the creature kills Dr. Frankenstein’s brother, his best friend Henry and his wife, Elizabeth, he is not motivated to take revenge because he has his father to rely on…