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    Frankenstein: The Rage of a Monster “Do your duty towards me, and I will do mine towards you and the rest of mankind” (69). This quote, said by the monster in Mary Shelley’s 1818 story, Frankenstein, describes the attitude of the monster throughout the book. Mary Shelley composes her story by using the themes of nature, isolation, and revenge. Through the use of those themes, Shelly successfully portrays the depths of Frankenstein. To illustrate the theme of nature, Shelly portrays nature in…

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    creature. The monster in fact had more compassion than his creator did. “ The monster is at once more intellectual and more emotional than his maker; indeed he excels Frankenstein as much (and in the same ways) as Milton’s Adam excels Milton’s God in Paradise Lost”(Bloom 215). Victor’s lack of compassion and failure to love; lead to the monster’s downfall and his later demise.Victor tried to hard to create life and act like God. He unlike God had no heart or compassion for the life he had…

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    Frankenstein, or a Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley is unlike Frankenstein’s Monster, the movie. For some people, this may come as a shock. In the novel, Dr. Victor Frankenstein creates an intelligent, living being from original human body parts that he harvests from local cemeteries. After the creation comes to life, Frankenstein views the creation as a monster and reveals horrific tales of dread to his audience. Wishing to learn about life and other sciences, Victor Frankenstein…

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    Nature is represented as an essential quality, an inherent force or as the material world. Mary Shelley implies Nature both as a source of inspiration and also as an indifferent entity. Throughout the novel there is a sense of nature within Victor Frankenstein and the monster he has created. Victors ego leads him to giveaway a understanding of the immeasurable power of God As the story goes on, Victor becomes notable of his sense of nature and it begins to change. Nature soon becomes essential…

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    The monster read a book called paradise lost, this book is about the creation story and Adam, which causes the monster to question his own creation and place in the world.the monster actually reads Paradise Lost where he compared himself to Adam because, like Adam, he is uncertain about why he was created as well. The monster wants to know why Victor created him. Adam was created to build a new creation the humans which made the monster wonder more why will victor create him and what was his…

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    “Devil, cease; and do not poison the air with these sounds of malice...Leave me; I am inexorable” (213). Victor Frankenstein is a brilliant Swiss scientist. He comes up with an experiment no man has ever attempted before. Frankenstein attempts to create life by his own hand. What starts off as the discovery of a century quickly goes downhill. Instead of bringing a beautiful, artificial creature to life, Frankenstein has created a horrid beast. The monster demands Frankenstein to make a duplicate…

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    In Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, many abstract notions are addressed through Victor Frankenstein’s trials and tribulations with his creation, the monster. The monster’s unconventional approach to justice serves as a direct contrast to society’s accepted definition of it, creating a natural tension and polarizing the two groups, while simultaneously blurring the lines between what is just and unfair to reiterate the fact that justice is not a clear-cut standard. The notion of justice falls on…

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    Julio Jara Mr. James ISEM101-40 October 11, 2014 The Bride of Frankenstein The bride of Frankenstein is a film directed by James Whale released in 1935 as a sequel to the original Frankenstein. The original was a story that left everyone pleading for more. The people got what they asked for and, once again, James Whale did not disappoint. A couple of iconic characters were added to the mix, but all in all it is still the story of a misunderstood monster trying to find acceptance in a cruel world…

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    Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, is to be identified that Victor and The Creature are found to have a distant relationship. Frankenstein created a Monster that was in need to be looked after, but decided it wasn’t necessary to. Victor felt sadness and depression after the creation of his Monster. Throughout this tragedy, Victor identifies his human like creation as a monster, creature, but does not name for the reason of not wanting to be attached to him. He later on faces the consequences and…

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    Eve's Misogyny

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    Milton’s Paradise Lost presents Eve as a very human-like character. Sure, she ate the apple that brought sin into the world, but as humans we make mistakes every single day. This parallel between godly Eve and us regular humans indicates that we all are imperfect beings who make mistakes often and the outcomes of our mistakes are larger than we can imagine sometimes. Even with this imperfect nature found in Eve and the wrongful misogyny found in the garden of Eden, many readers see Eve as the…

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