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        <title><![CDATA[The above answer is quite accurate, but Walton's Romantic nature is...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The above answer is quite accurate, but Walton's Romantic nature is revealed in other ways as well. Frankenstein is not revealed as Walton's "nemesis" but rather as the one friend Walton finds on the the sea. In his letters, it is clear that Walton is quite lonely. He tells his sister that the one thing missing in his life is a friend, a companion with whom he can share his achievements. Of course, one might think that Walton would sympathize...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Robert Walton is a romantic, in the sense that he is idealistic and...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Robert Walton is a romantic, in the sense that he is idealistic and believes that imagination reins above all else. Basically we can see by his actions and his "profession" or vocation that he is a romantic. His unrealistic vision of finding a passage which would unite the two oceans--at that time in history--was indeed a romanitc notion. In the end it is clear that he found his nemesis in Frankenstein, who too was too idealistic.
Robert...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 4 Nov 2009 18:02:27 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Walton says he is a romantic. What is a romantic person like?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Walton says he is a romantic. What is a romantic person like?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 4 Nov 2009 17:41:42 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Victor is more distressed than annoyed at the compliments he receives...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Victor is more distressed than annoyed at the compliments he receives while Henry is with him. He describes it thus:

Ever since the fatal night, the end of my labours, and the beginning of my misfortunes, I had conceived a violent antipathy even to the name of natural philosophy. When I was otherwise quite restored to health, the sight of a chemical instrument would renew all the agony of my nervous symptoms. Henry saw this, and had removed...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 3 Nov 2009 11:47:49 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Why would it annoy Victor when his professor was complimenting him in...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Why would it annoy Victor when his professor was complimenting him in front of Henry?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 3 Nov 2009 10:05:31 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[identify and discuss the major symbols of tranformation. use quote from...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[identify and discuss the major symbols of tranformation. use quote from the story(guido,juliet etc)]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:07:55 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In his narration, the creature tells Victor that after he stumbled out...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In his narration, the creature tells Victor that after he stumbled out of Victor's apartment on the night that Victor brought him to life, he wandered around for a while, trying to become accustomed to the physical world.  He is similar to someone waking up from a coma who has to relearn how to talk, walk, and sometimes remember. He tries to get food from a village, but he is run out of the village, and this (in addition to Victor's...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:13:30 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Well, Frankenstein does belong to the Gothic genre, but I think its...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Well, Frankenstein does belong to the Gothic genre, but I think its generic status is not very simple. It is extremely self-reflexive in its use of the Horror-genre and it can also be read as an appropriation of the Gothic genre to raise some still other issues and themes such as the theological paradox of creation, the relation between god and man, the debates about the Divine figuration of the writer in the Romantic aesthetics and such...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:31:24 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In Frankenstein, what has the creature been doing for the two years...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In Frankenstein, what has the creature been doing for the two years since Victor gave him life, and why does he go to Geneva?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:09:37 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The importance that humans place on outward appearance is extremely...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The importance that humans place on outward appearance is extremely significant to the novel. Victor creates his monster by trying to make him as glorious looking as possible.  As he brings the monster to life, he is repulsed by its hideousness.  Victor is obviously a shallow character because he knows that society will not grant him the glory which he so desired from making his creature and, so, he abandons him.  The monster learns early...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:22:59 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[How is appearance discussed in Frankenstein and how is that view...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[How is appearance discussed in Frankenstein and how is that view revelant to our society?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:57:58 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Frankenstein's opening is confusing to many readers because most of the...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Frankenstein's opening is confusing to many readers because most of the novel is told in flashback, and the beginning starts with a seemingly unrelated character and time.
Shelley chooses to use letters for the exposition of her novel to introduce the setting and major characters. While readers don't know the exact year, Shelley does list "17--" as the century; this is a common stylistic technique by Romantic Gothic writers (Poe often includes...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:09:18 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What are the year, country, and specific location at the beginning of...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What are the year, country, and specific location at the beginning of Frankenstein, and what characters are introduced at the beginning?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:40:04 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[After reading Paradise lost, what references in the creation narrative...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[After reading Paradise lost, what references in the creation narrative from this poem do the creature modeling his worldview?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 02:31:38 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[One of the most powerful forms of personification can be seen when...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[One of the most powerful forms of personification can be seen when science is seen as a life force, capable of developing and creating life.  Victor's pursuit of laboratory science becomes realized in chapter five.  The "instruments of life" are the basic ideas that help to create life from that which is lifeless.  The use of science is done so in a  personifying one, an element where something that is object based can become animated with...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:51:03 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[How is personification used in Frankenstein?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[How is personification used in Frankenstein?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:35:27 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I would like to add to the previous answer. Frankenstein has always...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I would like to add to the previous answer. Frankenstein has always sought solace in nature, because of the natural perfection &amp; Romantic ideals the first response mentioned, but also because he feels most comfortable with himself. We see this throughout the novel, including when he locks himself away in his apartment to devote his time to his creation. Even when he is in the company of Henry Clerval, he prefers to be alone, contemplating...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:40:12 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[A large part of this answer is due to the literary context in which...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[A large part of this answer is due to the literary context in which Frankenstein was produced. Mary Shelley was writing during the Romantic period, and as such, displays many themes that were popular at that time. One of these was the idea of the Sublime.  The idea of the sublime is sometimes difficult to grasp, but the Romantics used the adjective to describe some concept or object that defies description or comparison, inspiring awe in the...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:48:36 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Why do the mountains and forest bring peace to Victor but not to his...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/frankenstein/q-and-a/why-do-mountains-forest-bring-peace-victor-but-not-109085</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Why do the mountains and forest bring peace to Victor but not to his monster/creature?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:53:29 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The movie "Dracula" was released on February 14, 1931.
The movie...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The movie "Dracula" was released on February 14, 1931.
The movie "Frankenstein" was released on November 21, 1931.
Both movies featured the horror-movie lead actors of the day: Boris Karloff played Frankenstein's monster, and Bela Lugosi played Dracula.
One of the all-time best internet resources for movie information is the International Movie Data Base. It is an excellent source of information regarding the director, writer(s), release date,...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:01:20 PST</pubDate>
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