Young Frankenstein

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley tells the tale of a creator and his creation. Throughout this passage we will be addressing the monster in relation to being human. By looking at the monsters focus on his emotions and learning, this passage humanizes the monster as an intellectual being. In the beginning of this passage the monster relates what he is reading to himself and his emotions, from this we can see that the monster is capable of philosophically thinking, showing human attributes. This is…

Romantic and Gothic elements can be seen through the distorted descriptions of Victor’s creation and Victor’s reaction to his failed experiment. Victor uses distorted words, such as, “dun-white sockets” and “straight black lips” to illustrate the creature’s features. His skewed perception of the creature creates a dark and scary atmosphere for the audience. Victor’s creation was suppose to be the epitome of perfection and a being to give gratitude to Victor, but it turns out to be the complete…

The book Frankenstien by Mary Shelly is a facsinating story. It includes well developed characters, plots, and dioloug. After the book came the 1931 movie, Frankenstien. Their goal was to bring the book to life, creating a mystery and fear in the world. There are a few resemblences, but the only real resemblence is the title. Neither the novel nor the movie are esentially bad, they just each have a different motive and story to what they portray. In the novel the reader sees a very human…

Despite the Dragon’s lectures about the meaningless of life and the unreasonable theories the humans come up with to explain how the world works, the Dragon is to one to give Grendel the push to embrace his monster identity and make murder his reason for living. The Dragon’s philosophy is existential nihilism, in which one believes life is meaningless and pointless. At the beginning of his lectures, the Dragon talked to Grendel about how all life on Earth will eventually die, so anything they…

Like Batman, many antiheroes all have a sad or messed up backstory that made them who they are right now. There are antiheroes who have been betrayed or turned against them, being tested on which involved into a lab accident which mutated them, and antiheroes who seek out revenge to specific individuals that ruined their life. Most antiheroes are lone-wolves and they usually have bad habits like smoking and being an alcoholic and are willing to kill the villain. An anti-hero who fits all of…

Frankenstein, the book, is meant to have connections to real life through its themes. One way the author emphasis theme is through virtues and vices of the two important characters. This essay will analyze the similarities and differences between two characters, Victor Frankenstein and monster, in terms of their virtues and vices. The virtue is a trait or quality of character which is moral, vices is a practice or habit that immoral. These factors are analyzed to determine the best choice…

Shelley is against the advancement of technology. Shelley fears that technology is monstrous. In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein she shows her opinions on science and technology and how it negatively affects society.…

Shelley’s Frankenstein, time is manipulated to reveal the narrative of the creature created by Victor Frankenstein as a character that one can sympathize with. Caused by the creature, the narrative shift, illusion of time, and the authenticity of the creature compared to Victor are crucial regarding the death of William. Shelley’s manipulation of time during William’s death humanizes the creature, to help the readers sympathize. The subjectivity of time is evident through Frankenstein and is…

Jeffrey Jerome Cohen is the author of “Monster Culture” who connects society and the monsters that humans make. Cohen explains how the Monster always falls under one or more of the categories, decided by the Monster’s characteristics. These characteristics include the monster who is a cultural body, the monster who always escapes, the monster who always brings crises, the monster who is an outsider, the monsters whose story prevents us from breaking rules, the monsters who represent fear and…

The poem “Science” by Robinson Jeffers consists of fifteen lines describing the consequences of modern man which ends with a question of their ‘dream.’ The poem references man’s inventions, science and technology, and nature or the environment where man first came to live and proceeded to destroy. Jeffers begins with a description of man, and then ends by questioning, “who would have dreamed this infinitely little too much?” (14-15), referring to what man or humanity has done which displaying…