William and Mary

When individuals have hard choices to make and end up choosing the wrong one, they have it upon themselves to deal with the consequences in a stoic, detached manner to avoid making the same mistake again. In Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, characters are often clouded by their judgement and end up botching things. Victor Frankenstein is unable to deal with this moral conflict in a logical manner, ultimately harming himself and others around him. Victor Frankenstein ends up morally betraying…

Gothic doubles are common in Gothic genres and Frankenstein by Mary Shelley is a good example of it. A doppelgänger, which is a double of a living person, is typically known to be the evil side of a character and is an important theme in the gothic genre. One of the doppelgangers in Frankenstein is the Monster being a doppelgänger to Victor Frankenstein. Since the monster is seen doing crimes towards humanity, especially Victor Frankenstein’s family, it is an act that can be seen as important as…

Shunned by her husband’s family, she was alone to take care of her son. Mary dearly missed her husband and questioned her life without him. Soon she found that the only thing she could do to support herself was to write. Writing helped her to cope with pain and open her mind. Success came to Shelley as a play opened called…

It could be said that Mary Shelley’s writing was very advanced for her time, especially since she spoke about science fiction before it was a major genre. Shelley also spoke about Romanticism in Frankenstein. Her novel explored the suicide and doppelganger motifs. Although Frankenstein was one of the last Romantic works, it was also one of the first science fiction novels. Her success of Frankenstein may be due to her having drawn inspiration from her life. To this day, Shelley’s Frankenstein…

In the play, The Crucible by Arthur Miller, the character Abigail Williams plays a very strong role in the witch trials. Her motive for everything is to gain the love of John Proctor but she only ends up hurting him and many people around her while accusing various townspeople of witchcraft. Throughout The Crucible, Abigail gains power through deception and manipulation of the citizens of salem and court, becoming the most influential voice in The Salem Witch Trials. Abigail manipulates the…

As I watch John Proctor struggle for breath along with Martha Corey and Rebecca Nurse, I realize that this witchery has gone too far. This wasn’t my intention. All I wanted was to be with John Proctor. I just wanted him to love me and get rid of his harridan wife, Elizabeth. She is infuriating. The way she talks, the way she walks, the way she does things makes her so perfect that all Proctor sees is her. But all her actions are fake. She’s supposed to be the one blamed, not me. Now the whole…

“ But such as not my destiny; I must pursue and destroy the being to whom I gave existence; then my lot on earth will be fulfilled, and I may die” (Shelley 215). Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, tells a story of a man, Victor, who creates a monster and is miserable after making this creature. Victor’s narcissism causes him to have a miserable life. Victor’s self-isolation, want for glory, and defending his reputation are the cause of his wretchedness. Victor’s belief that he is the most miserable…

Anna Westbrook Mrs. Joyner Honors English IV 16, December 2015 Frankenstein’s monster; Friend or Foe? Mary Shelley tells a story about a scientist who is infatuated with science and nature, which will soon lead him into danger. Frankenstein, the scientist, creates this “being” at Ingolstadt, bringing it to life. In Shelly’s novel Frankenstein, the appearance of the monster created does not truly show who he appears inside. He shows quality character, human emotions, and superior…

Mary Wollstonecraft: Mother of Feminism Mary Wollstonecraft raised the question in A Vindication of the Rights of Women, “If women be educated for dependence; that is, to act according to the will of another fallible being, and submit, right or wrong, to power, where are we to stop?” (Chap. III. Para. 34). She notes that women were taught to rely solely upon men for their livelihood, and to submit to their ideas, but she question is where it stops. In the 1700s, the education and social…

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…