Young Frankenstein

The Invisible Hand A man walks closer to Jane and “What a face he had, now that it was almost on a level with mine! what a great nose! and what a mouth! and what large prominent teeth! ” (49; ch.4). This is a story about the struggles of Jane Eyre, in a biography called Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. Appearances and names are only skin deep, but in Jane Eyre it symbolizes the quality of the people from Jane’s perspective. The description of the man is an allusion to Little Red Riding Hood…

Humans cannot function without friendship. In Frankenstein, Mary Shelly emphasizes that all beings seek intimate companionship. She demonstrates this through the desires and deep ceded feelings of both Walton and the Creature. Walton craves a friend in whom he could confide in. While on his journey, Walton writes to his sister Margaret about how he has everything he needs for a successful mission, except for a friend. He writes that when he “is glowing with the enthusiasm of success, there is…

than looking at the root of what caused them to go awry. At times, their crimes overshadow the fact that they are still human. I used this thought that we had discussed earlier and applied it to a rather strong central theme that is present within Frankenstein: What caused Frankenstein’s creation to go awry? If Victor is the reason for his creation’s radical hatred towards mankind, who is the real monster in this case? Specifically, one stark passage on page seventy-five clearly delineates the…

To quote the infamous Shaggy 2 Dope of the Insane Clown Posse, “Water, fire, air, and dirt- fucking magnets how do they work?” (“Miracles”). The answer to his profound question lies in an alternative medicine practice that has been used by healers going back thousands of years. Magnet therapy stems from the idea that particular medical disorders can be treated by using magnetic fields (“Magnetic Healing”). Magnet therapy has become increasingly popular over the years, causing the sale of magnets…

Janae Eaton Mrs. Shelley Wisener English 2321: Frankenstein Analysis Essay 2 October 2017 The Unconscious, the Desires, and the Defenses Frankenstein has a central theme of creation, specifically that of other life. The mythological story of Prometheus as well as the story told in Genesis are primarily focused on creation and the aftermath of the formation of new beings. The three pieces of literature connect in this way which is crucial to their meaning. They also connect by the criticism The…

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is a novel constructed around the idea of a potentially dangerous pursuit of science. The calamities of the novel unfold because of Victor Frankenstein’s irresponsible and unchecked subversion of the laws of nature; Victor, through his scientific achievements, gives rise to a species that he is ill-equipped to take care of and monitor. However, Shelley’s novel is not meant to be a critique of science as a field of study, but rather a critique of the methods with which…

Love is a destructive force. This is the common theme shared by the story of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and the ancient Roman text The Aeneid by Vergil. The deer and fire imagery that highlights the disastrous love of Dido and Aeneas is referenced through Victor Frankenstein. Both texts comment on powerful emotions and unavoidable fate. The tragedy itself begins with the realization that love is painful. In the Aeneid, Dido doesn’t realize how strong her feelings for Aeneas are until it’s too…

Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, is a book steeped in metaphors, parallels, and relations to other works of fiction and non-fiction, featuring authors and thinkers such as Milton and Wollstonecraft. While much of this is readily visible within the book and footnotes, it is the hidden arc, or rather the twisting of the story of Genesis from the Bible, whose meaning permeates deep within the structure of the book. Shelley uses the Genesis story of the creation of man by God as parallel to the…

In "Frankenstein," by Mary Shelley, demonstrates the challenges and dangers of gaining too much knowledge. The misuse of knowledge can bring negative effects since it would interfere with nature, have failures on the use of the knowledge, and bring tragedies to people or society. In addition, the consequences of going out of the ordinary can be permanent or have bad effects. For instance, in "Frankenstein" it explains how Victor Frankenstein played God and created a monster that later on in…

At the end of Chapter 12 in John Gardner’s novel Grendel, Grendel exclaims his final, dying words, “Poor Grendel’s had an accident… So may you all”. These words are meant to be a curse to all of the animals that are watching him die. In the book, Grendel describes these animals as “enemies of old” (Gardner 173) and also describes how “[the animals] watch on, evil, incredibly stupid, enjoying [his] destruction” (Gardner 174) which demonstrates his hatred towards these animals for watching him die…