Percy Elland

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley tells the tale of a creator and his creation. Throughout this passage we will be addressing the monster in relation to being human. By looking at the monsters focus on his emotions and learning, this passage humanizes the monster as an intellectual being. In the beginning of this passage the monster relates what he is reading to himself and his emotions, from this we can see that the monster is capable of philosophically thinking, showing human attributes. This is…

the blind townsmen could not se the Monster horrible looks he felt the compassion that the Monster had within. Even though the monster was able to show compassion, no one ever gave him the chance to show love. Percy Bysshe Shelley states that, “Treat a person ill and he will become wicked (Percy Bysshe Shelley). People always will read a book for its cover but if treated that way no one should expect a respectful behaivor in return. In spite of the fact that the monster is a horroble site that…

Romantic and Gothic elements can be seen through the distorted descriptions of Victor’s creation and Victor’s reaction to his failed experiment. Victor uses distorted words, such as, “dun-white sockets” and “straight black lips” to illustrate the creature’s features. His skewed perception of the creature creates a dark and scary atmosphere for the audience. Victor’s creation was suppose to be the epitome of perfection and a being to give gratitude to Victor, but it turns out to be the complete…

The book Frankenstien by Mary Shelly is a facsinating story. It includes well developed characters, plots, and dioloug. After the book came the 1931 movie, Frankenstien. Their goal was to bring the book to life, creating a mystery and fear in the world. There are a few resemblences, but the only real resemblence is the title. Neither the novel nor the movie are esentially bad, they just each have a different motive and story to what they portray. In the novel the reader sees a very human…

Beowulf portrays a lot of Germanic values for their cultures. The top three are family and tribe, the difference between good kings and good warriors, and fame, pride, and shame. In Beowulf, family and tribe determine one’s identity. Characters are always referred to as the son, wife, or daughter of some man; as well as their tribe. People or beings without tribes, such as Grendel, are described as lonely and joyless. In Beowulf, it says “… Until that wanderer of the wasteland, Grendel the demon…

Chapter -4 Conclusion This study was set out to explore Estella Havisham as a Gothic Femme Fatale, set against the backdrop of Victorian era. Albeit a few studies have showed up in the course of the most recent decade or so, on female characters of Victorian fiction, but, minority has completely alluded to the relationship to some of them as gothic women. Along these lines, this research paper investigates about the part of breaking down the "underhanded" representations of 'Estella Havisham'…

Despite the Dragon’s lectures about the meaningless of life and the unreasonable theories the humans come up with to explain how the world works, the Dragon is to one to give Grendel the push to embrace his monster identity and make murder his reason for living. The Dragon’s philosophy is existential nihilism, in which one believes life is meaningless and pointless. At the beginning of his lectures, the Dragon talked to Grendel about how all life on Earth will eventually die, so anything they…

Influence of 1984 in Film The year 1984 was a significant year for film due to the introduction of several influential movies, unique use of special effects, and a new rating system. Several of the movies that were released in 1984 “set a template for sequels”(Truitt 1) and created “the franchises of today”(Truitt 1). The Ghostbusters franchise took off after the movie turned out to be a massive success. Spawning spin-offs (and knock-offs), cartoons, comics, tv shows, and of course, sequels,…

Justice is something that everyone in this world desires to have. By having justice everything in the world must be going right, but there is also injustice which sometimes is wrongly received. Nobody gets to choose if you get to live a good or bad life that is up to you. In this novel of Frankenstein, Victor Frankenstein creates a creature or monster as it’s said in the book. The monster life is injustice from the start to end. For example, the monster is friendly in the beginning trying to…

Although its discovery was an accident, Penicillin was one of the earliest discovered antibiotic agents. Penicillin was originally noticed in 1896, it was then re-discovered in 1928 by Alexander Fleming ,with the help from two other scientists. The question this odd discovery leaves the world wondering; how was this a accident? It all started one day in September of 1928 when, former bacteriologist Alexander Fleming went on vacation, his laboratory was not very clean or orderly. While away a…