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    modern time. Many scholars from ancient Greece and the modern times have looked into the main purpose of tragedies, but what really drives the main purpose of Tragedies? An example of a tragic novel is Frankenstein. Frankenstein is about a man named Victor Frankenstein. Since he endows himself with a rich, dark past of depression…

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    Animal Cloning Satire

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    Cloning is a controversial topic which lies in the morals of the people, the decision to make a mini replica of a preexisting thing in a lab causes a range of reactions. Cloning is considered a type of asexual reproduction, which consists of reproducing DNA. My fascination with human cloning started in sixth grade because of a Novel by Nancy Farmer called The House of the Scorpion, the story is about a young boy who was isolated much of his younger life by a drug lord which is the original copy…

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    Imagine there being two human killing monsters both made by the same scientist. This is a problem that Frankenstein is facing, being asked by the original monster to create a second, female version for him. A few reasons that this is a bad idea for him to go through with is the possibility of the two monsters not being a good couple, the possible increased danger for everyone due to there already being one monster that has killed two people; one directly and one indirectly. Finally, the promises…

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    One dream from the story that I feel has the most significance was when Victor dreamed of his Elizabeth turning into a monstrous form of his mother. This dream occurred right after the real monster was created. I think that this was Victor’s self conscious speaking because somewhere inside of him he was afraid that the monster could cause some sort of damage to his family. Also, the fact that his girlfriend started rotting away after he kissed her is significant because it could represent his…

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    Loathes In Frankenstein

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    In Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, Doctor Victor Frankenstein constructs a monster in his quest to create life. After the monster is abandoned by his creator, he stumbles upon a cottage, which is home to the De Lacey family. This family of French exiles includes a blind father and his two children, Felix and Agatha. Felix De Lacey is essential in contributing to the development of Frankenstein’s monster, as he shows the monster both the sympathetic aspects of human nature which the monster envies…

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    Webster Dictionary). Fear is unescapable and can cause several different feelings such as; anger, sorrow, and anxiety. The emotion, fear, is shown in Mary Shelley’s classic novel, Frankenstein. The novel is based on two characters, Victor Frankenstein and his Creature. Victor created this Creature by dead organisms and his knowledge about forming life. Interestingly enough, he fears his own creation and runs from it. Meanwhile, the creature feels abandoned and goes throughout his life…

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    Collings suggests possible symbolic meanings of the monster, by means of Lacan’s symbolic and imaginary orders. Collings applies many sexual connotations to the tale of the modern Prometheus, including the implication of the monster as an outlet for Victor Frankenstein’s “oedipal yearnings”, sexual depravity, and interest in the feminine sexuality. Collings also addresses the possibility of a link between Frankenstein’s monster and women, in that they have learned language in the same way, but…

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    Frankenstein

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    Frankenstein After I read the Frankenstein, I know that the story is about a Swiss aristocrat Frankenstein who had studied in Germany for Electrochemical and life then he discovered the secret of death and decided to proceed with the manufacture of life. He started looking for material in the body, then assembled, and finally be activated by means of electrochemical methods. However, all originally made from good material, up to 8-foot monster after being given a life he was so ugly, then…

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    imagine having to watch the person who gave you life destroy something you love. Victor made the wrong decision when he destroyed the monsters “wife” because of what he owes to the monster after what he put the monster through. When the monster woke up he was like a kid, he didn’t have common knowledge or logic he couldn’t read, write or talk, being rejected and not being able to understand why is a scary situation and Victor put the monster through that because he didn’t take…

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    2. The narrator for a majority of this novel is Victor Frankenstein, the protagonist, which makes it a first person point of view. 3. A tone found in this book is dedication. It is shown through Victor Frankenstein’s persistence in finding what is power behind life. 4. This story takes place in Geneva, Switzerland for the majority but Victor travels multiple times throughout the 18th century. 5. The major conflict in Frankenstein is the monster. This means that everything goes wrong due to what…

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