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    In this essay I will present an argument that The Room attempts to portray an engaged couple about to get married through multiple symbolic actions, and to demonstrate this notion that the majority of society believes a purposeful and achieved life comes through the ritual of uniting individuals through marriage. Also using the theorists, I will be able to provide insight as to why the term ‘ritual’ could be considered fluid. I will begin to support this argument by discussing multiple…

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    Lastly, human creations such as antibiotics and Frankenstein’s monster can have long term and sometimes permanent unintended consequences. When the monster escapes from his creator’s workspace in Frankenstein, he ends up creating horrific and permanent damage on the world by committing numerous murders. At the end of the novel, the monster himself even reflects on the evils that he has inflicted upon the world. He remorsefully states that he has “‘murdered the lovely and the helpless[,] . . .…

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    more from Pretorius' schemes and the chaos his bride could make. The only differences between the book and the movie, is the ending of the first movie, and the make-up of the characters. Instead of Frankenstein being Victor, it's a mix of Henry Clerval (Victor's friend), and Victor himself. He also marries Elizabeth, when she died in the book. Other than that, it lined up pretty well with the…

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    unsuccessful and returns home with dead and weary sailors. Similarly, many Romantic authors believed that a unnatural task will lead to a miserable life if not demise. In the case of Victor Frankenstein, he is not satisfied being a meaningless human being and wishes to assume the role of a creator by creating a new form of life. Victor first attends the University to study the arts, philosophy and most importantly science,…

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    Despite Frankenstein's creature being created with the qualities and emotional capabilities of a human-being, his physical appearance forced him to live a life of rejection and isolation. Before even learning the simple basics of complex emotions, he was repudiated from society or in particular, The De Lacey family. Regardless of the attacks and agony he faced for being a ‘monster’ based on his physical appearance alone, the creature choose to avoid actually hurting their family. “But my heart…

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    Could you imagine having to suffer the way that Anne Frank did during the Holocaust? Well, The Diary of A Young Girl is a book about a girl and her family are forced to go into hiding in a secret Annex because Hitler and the Nazi army are treating Jews poorly and even killing them for their religion. The social issues in The Diary of A Young Girl are that they are discriminated because they are Jews and Hitler hates them. The first part of Hitler’s plan was that he starting was discriminating…

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    Victor Frankenstein should abstain from creating a companion for the creature. Victor would potentially be doubling his problem as there is no guarantee that the two creatures will love each other. The creature has made a promise that he and his partner will depart from human sight but there is no assurance that the promise will be fulfilled. If an incompatibility between the creature and his companion were to arise, they would potentially cause more chaos than the creature would alone. If the…

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    Feral Children: To Survive, to Exist You may have heard of feral children before but never knew what they were. If you have watched the movie Tarzan, then you have witnessed a feral child. There are people who say it is impossible for children to survive on their own, live in the wilderness, or be raised by animals. Other people say the idea of feral children is a conspiracy. There are many people who have never heard of feral children. Some people who have heard of feral children choose not to…

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    The Walton Estate Analysis

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    The Walton Estate is a thousand acre piece of land owned by the illusive Thomas Walton; Mr. Walton is a European man in his late twenties, most women, myself included opps I just broke the third person narrator oh well I plead postmodernism, would consider him to be a hansom man; he is 6’1”, light brown hair styled in an effortless messy bedhead, fit, six pack if you know what I mean, and is notoriously single. Thomas is known for being the sole inheritor of his father's estate and his…

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    with blocked ice. Caught, Walton experiences Victor Frankenstein, who has been going by dog drawn sled over the ice and is debilitated by the cold. Walton takes him on board his boat, helped nurse him back to health, and hears the crazy story of the beast that Frankenstein made. Victor first portrays his initial life in Geneva. Toward the end of a delighted adolescence spent in the company of Elizabeth Lavenza and companion Henry Clerval, Victor enters the University of Ingolstadt to study…

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