The Lost Children

The differing perceptions societies had in Macbeth and Frankenstein about Macbeth and Frankenstein's monster were disgustingly inaccurate, as both characters were falsely judged by their peers. In Act 1, Scene 1 of Macbeth, Banquo states, “For brace Macbeth— well he deserves that name— distaining fortune, with his brandished steel, which smoked with bloody execution, like Valor’s minion carved out his passage, till he faced the slave; which never shook hands, nor bade farewell to him.” Macbeth…

In the comic "Frankenstein", the monster shows a stronger lonlines than the speaker in the poem "Alienation". He get a little happiness from the family in the mountain, but lost it very soon. The lonliness the monster feels is stronger than before by get the warm then lost it, it is a stronger feeling than the speaker of "Alienation" that feels lonliness at all. First of all, the monster in "Frankenstein" get a little feeling of home from the house on the mountain. He keep distance with them,…

An Eye for an Eye Although justice and fairness are nearly synonymous, not everyone in this harsh world receives a fair judgement. More often than not, justice is served to the wrong people, or the people who receive a fair trial sit silently while others receive injustice after injustice. In Mary Shelley’s, Frankenstein, justice is a key theme that is developed through the characters of the Monster, Victor, and Justine. While Victor receives justice and an almost-too-fair trial, the Monster…

barriers, and different types of communication to show the significance of human interaction to the psyche as well as to show deeper emotions and thought as a fundamental component of the human condition. Through references to books such as Paradise Lost and authors such as Cornelius Agrippa, Shelley shows how books and knowledge are a catalyst for Victor Frankenstein and the monster’s deeper thoughts. Additionally, she uses language barriers and communication between characters to represent the…

Eru Iluvatar is the God of Middle-Earth; he creates the Ainur so he doesn’t feel so isolated. The Ainur are like Christianities’ angels. The Ainur are split into two groups; the Valar, are the guardians of the world. And the Maiar, wizard or the Istari. The Istari are low-angels; including Gandalf, Sauroman, Radagast, and the two blue wizards. The Istari’s main mission is to protect the people of the world from evil. Melkor is the reason for such evil in the world. When Eru Iluvatar and his…

Many stories contain characters who are quite different than others around them, including creatures such as insects, humans, or even monsters. These outcasts often have similar characteristics due to their aberrations from society. However, they do have variations from each other that forms their personalities into the original characters that they are. In Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka, Victor Frankenstein and Gregor Samsa are two people who undergo life…

Milton uses allusions throughout Paradise Lost including biblical references, literary references and mythological references. Many of his allusions refer to the Bible story of Adam, Eve, and Lucifer, explaining their sins and the reason humans lost their paradise. He also uses other literary and mythological references to relate further to the story. To begin with, Milton uses many allusions to the Bible. He opens the story explaining man’s first sin with the forbidden fruit and Adam and Eve:…

gift for what they intended, complete separation from God, which remains the same for the sinners who enter today (Catechism). Since God created Hell he remains the supreme ruler of Hell, even though Hell is the lack of God (Catechism). In Paradise Lost, Milton discusses Hell as a miserable place full of anguish, which is why I think modern people try to separate of God as his…

Allen Ginsberg’s “First Party at Ken Kesey’s with Hell’s Angels” and William Blake’s “The Tyger” both have the idea of describing a hellish world in common with each other. Many of the characters in both of the poems also describe characters that you associate with “hell” or a behavior that’s the opposite from good. In “First party at Ken Kesey’s with Hell’s Angels” Ginsberg uses the term “Hells’ Angels.” This oxymoron may try to imply that the angels, who are actually demons in disguise,…

Oscar Wilde's Aesthetic Gothic: Walter Pater, Dark Enlightenment, and The Picture Of Dorian Gray Main Thesis Wilde uses several echoes within The Picture of Dorian Gray. This central argument is supported by several examples of Dorian Gray acting as double to not only several characters within the novel but within mythology as well. Wilde merges the Gothic and the aesthetic in the book. “The merger is possible, and inevitable, because of the tendency of Gothic writing to present a fantastic…