Thomas Godwin

Frankenstein: The Result of Too Much Ambition The 1818 story of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley tells the story of Victor Frankenstein and his over desire to create life from death. After having a normal upbringing, Victor’s life turns upside down when his creature creates more problems than expected. It’s a story of caution, as that begins in the present and flashes back to see where Victor went wrong. The book has many themes, one of the biggest being ambition. It asks, when is too much ambition…

In 1818, Mary Shelley personified the shortcomings of society’s morality in the form of a destructive, ruthless, yet nearly human monster. During an era in which the Industrial Revolution saw the prosperity of the upper class directly lead to the death and poverty of the working class, Shelley wrote Frankenstein to challenge the presence of cultural inhumanity. Shelley’s novel chronicles the life of scientist Victor Frankenstein, whose studies and ambition lead to the creation of a living being…

On its face, Frankenstein is the creation story of a man-made human, turned monster. In reality, this tale is not about the creation of human, but rather the monstrous quality of devaluing a human. In short, Victor makes a human by hand, labels it a monster. He spends the rest of the story becoming a monster himself because he refuses to acknowledge the humanity of his creation. Here, to dehumanize a person is a monstrous act. Dehumanization is a broad term for things like: marginalization,…

The Day of the Locust and Frankenstein are uniquely telling the same story, the story of Hollywood. The characters in both the novel and the film share great similarities, as Sarver explains with Homer and the monster. A very similar comparison can be drawn between Faye and Dr. Frankenstein. Their relationship is dependent upon Sarver’s parallel, because Faye is to Homer as Frankenstein is to the monster. The connection between Faye and the doctor lies in their utter disregard for those around…

The Handmaid’s Tale The Handmaid’s Tale is a science fiction novel written by Margaret Atwood in 1983. Margaret Atwood is a Canadian author who is most known for writing the books The Edible Woman, The Robber Bride, and Alias Grace (Atwood, 1983, p.311). The Handmaid’s Tale takes place in a world where the United States has been overthrown and replaced by a new nation called Gilead. Gilead is a place where women have been subjected to a new role in society. They are no longer allowed to have a…

The development in the Northern lights. This book children fantasy/steampunk novel “Northern Lights” was published in the 1995 by Philip Pullman, who is a famous fantasy book writer in this century. The book is set in a parallel universe, it features the journey of Lyra Belacqua who is our main protagonist. She is on a quest to the artic to find her missing friend, Roger Parslow and her imprisoned uncle Lord Asriel. Lord Asriel has been doing conducting experiments with a mysterious thing…

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and the origins of masculinist conventions in science fiction. Mary Shelley was a nineteenth century woman writer, best known for her science-fiction novel Frankenstein. Being a female author was a rather rare occupation in a time where men were generally the dominant and active participants in society. Female authors such as Shelley were generally confined in their writing by the male conventions that existed in the society they lived in, which, with exceptions,…

English literature is a ship which has sailed across the boundaries of time and space, to come up with nothing but Great immortal works. One of these Masterpieces , is Emily Bronte's Weathering Heights. Emily Jane Bronte or Ellis Bell as her pseudonym born in 30 July 1818 and died in 19 December 1848 in Yorkshire , England. That smart English poet, novelist, Sunday teacher and governor who produced one eternal novel "Wuthering Heights" 1874, one year before the greatest of the 3 Bronte sisters…

From blockbuster Hollywood movies to parodies on the internet, the creature in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is commonly portrayed as a “monster”, but is this accusation really true? The creator of the creature, Victor Frankenstein may have more in common with the “monster” than previously thought. Through careful evaluation, we can see the many similarities and differences between the two main characters in the story. In Frankenstein, the similarities between the creature and its creator,…

Ginny Choi Mr. Boggan Literature 10 P4 7 December, 2016 Character Analysis: Victor Frankenstein Victor is the main character of this book, Frankenstein. He is from Geneva, and he is the son of Alphonse Frankenstein and Caroline Beaufort. He has an adopted sister Elizabeth Lavenza, who eventually becomes his future wife. His brother is William Frankenstein, and his best friend is Henry Clerval. Since young, he was mostly self-educated. As he gets older, he is fascinated by modern science; he goes…