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of Frankenstein’s Creature comes chiefly from the four books he read: Milton’s Paradise Lost, Goethe’s The Sorrows of Young Werther, Plutarch’s Parallel Lives, and Volney’s The Ruins. Reading these books, though increasing the Creature’s knowledge base, has a negative impact on his personality, making him despise the vices of mankind. There are other works that may have changed the Creatures outlook on life. Paradise Lost is a work regarding the early days of Earth in the Judeo-Christian…

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…

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is a story of birth and creation, revenge, and alienation as a reckless young man usurps a traditionally female role by creating life by sewing together and reanimating dead body parts in his secluded laboratory. Immediately abandoning his creation, Victor Frankenstein leaves him to fend for himself in a society that rejects the peculiar. Lost in an evil world, the Creation is forced to learn how to take care of himself as he is continuously rejected by anyone he…

Amanda Campbell January 31, 2017 Ms.Greene AP Lit One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey Biblical Allusions in “ One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” reflects Kesey’s insightful observation of society’s need for illumination that will allow us to break free of our possessed, factory produced, “ Combine “…

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…

The Screwtape Letters is about a senior demon named Screwtape teaching his nephew, Wormwood about how to tempt a man (the patient) away from God and towards Satan. One category of shared humanity in the novel is morality. This characteristic is best shown when Screwtape writes to Wormwood, “The patient does not “own” time anymore than he knows the owns the moon.” (67) This is important because it illustrates Lewis using logic rather than just blind faith to prove Christianity as true. While…

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley tells the story of scientist Victor Frankenstein. Throughout Victor’s young life he has been fascinated with several different forms of the sciences. He has a great knowledge in this area, and this leads to him having arrogance in his abilities. After Victor sees a tree struck by lightning he decides to study Galvanism. Victor spends years going to the slaughter house and gathering pieces for his creation. Victor worries more about if he can do this, rather than if…

Throughout Frankenstein by Mary Shelley readers see many aspects in which the main character Victor has little feelings toward family, friends or the creature. In Frankenstein, the most monstrous aspect of Victor's character is his lack of remorse or caring for things that an emotional human being typically cares about. The Author argues that these negative elements are detrimental in society because one must have sympathy in order to feel emotions toward one another. In Volume 1 of Frankenstein…

What separates the epic poem Beowulf and John Gardner’s Grendel is how the devil-spawn Grendel, is presented. Is he a monster set on destroying humanity, or is he a misunderstood creature that is just trying to make amends with Hrothgar and his people? Gardner’s Grendel is a retelling of the story of Beowulf, through the monster’s eyes in depth. On the other hand, the epic poem introduces Grendel briefly, yet assertively. He is described as a terrible, evil being spawned by the devil and shunned…