Percy Elland

Every couple of months I hear the shouts and laughs of thousands of joyful townspeople at herot hall. It looks like an exuberant time but I know I would never be accepted into herot for I am cursed. It's not fair! I have been shunned and excluded from all everyone and every occasion for something I didn't even do. My ancestor cain's actions should not effect me and how people treat me. So I walked to herot hall optimistic that they might have changed how they thought of me. Of course i was wrong…

The story of Frankenstein has become a favorite in the hearts of many passionate readers around the world. A story that we’re all familiar with began with a young writer, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. Shelley was born in Somers Town, London, in 1797. She was the second child of the feminist philosopher, educator, and writer Mary Wollstonecraft, and the first child of the philosopher, novelist, and journalist William Godwin. Her early life was one of tragedy, her mother died shortly after…

Dipped in the fear of mass human extinction and dragged through discussions and debates on artificial life, there is one name that scientists, who are presumably have gall to play God, are very familiar with: Frankenstein. So closely associated with the motif of playing God, Frankenstein is a popularized reference point in debates on synthetic biology. In the introduction to her novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, Mary Shelley wrote, “Frightful must it be; for supremely frightful…

Victor Frankenstein’s curiosity and need to defy the laws of nature lead him to a difficult decision: to make another creature or not to make another. The monster wants Frankenstein to create a mate for him because he feels isolated and rejected from the world, but Victor should not create another creature because he should not have created the original one in the first place. As valid as the monster’s argument may seem, Frankenstein should see through it and not agree to make another monster.…

Samuel Johnson once stated, “Revenge is an act of passion; vengeance of justice. Injuries are revenged; crimes are avenged”. The above quote suggests that revenge is not always a pitiful act to regain pride. Revenge may be used to express one's sense of justice through raw yet pure actions driven by emotion. In Mary Shelley’s gothic novel Frankenstein, literary elements such as characterization and conflict are used in attempt to portray the theme, revenge and how it affects one’s sense of…

The Human Need for Vengeance “The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.” (Psalms 58:11) This idea of vengeance is a rather common theme seen in not only modern culture, but in pieces of literature composed many centuries ago as well. The Odyssey, a Greek epic written sometime between 750 and 650 BC, tells the story of a god-like man who was lost at sea and embarked on a challenging journey to his homeland. Beowulf, an…

Have you ever felt like you didn’t belong in society? In the book Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein it talks about a creator creating a monster and not accepting him for who he is and just afraid of his creation. So on the journey, the monster tries to find a where he belongs and acceptance from society. Mary Shelley chooses different types of word choice to create the imagery, tone and theme to make the reader understand the world of Frankenstein. “Soon a gentle light stole over the heavens and gave…

In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, the Creature is an outcast of society, which is a person who is not accepted by society’s standards because people feel as if they “need” to be “normal”. Today’s outcasts of society are considered prisoners, a PTSD strickened veteran, or sociopaths. The outcasts of society are the most interesting people in the world because they are not what people in society call “normal”. These special people are the outcome of societal action directed towards those individuals…

Nature plays an important role in many romantic novels, acting as the bringer of life while also being an agent of death on many occasions. In Mary Shelley’s horrific novel, Frankenstein, nature serves as a docile yet powerful backdrop for the story, constantly reflecting the emotions of the characters, while also guiding them to their ruin. A key force of nature that appears as both good and bad throughout the novel is lightning. Lighting serves as a beautiful but powerful force that aids the…

Shelley uses tone, imagery, and theme to help tell the story and and show a purpose to the passage. The tone is conveyed as cold and dreary, to portray the setting to the reader. The theme in this passage is exhibited specifically to Victor’s monster. And finally, the imagery is communicated greatly through this passage by describing the setting around Victor. In the book Frankenstein the author, Mary Shelley, uses a lot of imagery to help the reader understand what is happening and have the…