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        <title><![CDATA[Elizabeth, in chapter 7 of Frankenstein, blames herself for the murder...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Elizabeth, in chapter 7 of Frankenstein, blames herself for the murder of William because she feels that she provided the murderer with the motive to kill the boy:   Earlier that day William had been bugging her to let him wear a little locket with a tiny picture of his grandmother in it. The locket was valuable, and because of the mark on the boy's neck (and the fact that the locket was missing) Elizabeth believes that the murderer killed...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[In chapter seven, why does Elizabeth blame herself for the murder of...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In chapter seven, why does Elizabeth blame herself for the murder of William?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:30:06 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The subtitle to the novel Frankenstein is The Modern Prometheus.  This...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The subtitle to the novel Frankenstein is The Modern Prometheus.  This gives a clear suggestion that scientific discoveries and implementations are double-edged swords; Prometheus gave mankind fire, which can light, cook, and heat or melt, burn and destroy.  In creating the monster, Dr. Frankenstein gives mankind the power of life over death -- both boon and curse.  So it remains with any scientific discovery. The parallel between the...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:34:30 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I think there are many ideas that are in Shelley's work that can have...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I think there are many ideas that are in Shelley's work that can have modern applications in terms of the ethical responsibility of scientists.  One of the strongest elements of Shelley's work is the idea that science has some natural limits.  Arising from the Enlightenment Era, where the faith in science was boundless, Shelley's work brings light to the idea that anything, including science, which is left unchecked can result in disastrous...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:19:23 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Frankenstein is the first science fiction novel; it both praises and...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Frankenstein is the first science fiction novel; it both praises and denounces science and the scientist.  In addition, it presages the cloning and genetic engineering realities of modern science.  As is the nature of most science fiction, Frankenstein urges mankind to proceed with caution in developing such technologies; the novel calls for scientific communities instead of isolated experimentation; and, above all, the novel illustrates the...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:05:29 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What is the relevance of Frankenstein in today's society? What lessons...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What is the relevance of Frankenstein in today's society? What lessons can modern man learn from Frankenstein? What are some examples.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:37:13 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The novel Frankenstein was subtitled 'The Modern Prometheus', so it is...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The novel Frankenstein was subtitled 'The Modern Prometheus', so it is clear from the beginning that Shelley saw that Dr Frankenstein would be eternally punished for taking science beyond the boundaries of morality. As already noted, we are on a relentless path to defeat illness and death, but there still remain many questions as to how far we can go and how far we should go: consider the debates into stem cell research and the growth of human...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:45:40 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[You present many complex ideas in this question.  I would also suggest...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[You present many complex ideas in this question.  I would also suggest that you might want to be prepared for a wide array of answers to what you pose.  I think it should be noted that there might be a danger to use Shelley's work as a sort of gospel because I think she is well too aware of these dangers.  With her father being a stoic believer in the power of the Enlightenment and her husband a zealous believer in the power of the Romantic...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 14:34:38 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Using the Frankenstein story as a basic, should there be a limit on the...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Using the Frankenstein story as a basic, should there be a limit on the use of science to help defeat illness and death, and can humans play God?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 13:31:20 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[There are many narrators (inner and outer) in the novel.  The first...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[There are many narrators (inner and outer) in the novel.  The first narrator is Walton.  He writes letters to Saville.  Walton, then, is the outside narrator.  You may say that he narrates the entire novel as all of narratives are filtered through him.  He is the "survivor" at the end who carries all the stories back to civilization.
Then, there's Victor, who tells his story to Walton.  He is the inner narrator, as most of the story is...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 13:24:41 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[He told his story to Robert Walton after Walton rescued him.]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[He told his story to Robert Walton after Walton rescued him.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 09:52:04 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[To whom did Victor Frankenstein tell his entire story?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[To whom did Victor Frankenstein tell his entire story?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 08:32:13 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The monster does not realize immediately that Victor is dead.  His...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The monster does not realize immediately that Victor is dead.  His intention was not to cause Victor's death; he wanted to prolong the chase as long as possible. When he realizes that Victor is dead, the creature also recognizes that he now has no one.  Although Victor did not love him or even treat him well, the creature still had one human with whom he was connected.
The look of wonder on the creature's face suggests several emotions....]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:15:22 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[When Walton finds the creature standing over Victor's body, why does the...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[When Walton finds the creature standing over Victor's body, why does the creature look at Walton with wonder, and why might that be the significant?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:58:54 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I'm not sure that Victor Frankenstein is the "ultimate" human, but he...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I'm not sure that Victor Frankenstein is the "ultimate" human, but he certainly is an example of the greatness and the weaknesses humans are suceptible to. What was noble in Victor's nature? It might be the fact that he strove to advance medical science so that he might put an end to pain, suffering, and the distress that flesh is heir to. He used his intelligence to (re)create life and in doing so, became God-like in his innovation.
What...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:25:20 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[How is Frankenstein portrayed as the ultimate human?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[How is Frankenstein portrayed as the ultimate human?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:13:01 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Your question is not specific concerning the "he." Are you talking about...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Your question is not specific concerning the "he." Are you talking about Robert Walton?
Robert Walton meets Victor Frankenstein in the North Pole while trying to dig his ship out from the ice flows. Walton's expedition parallels that of Victor's in that he blindly struggles to attain his ends while giving no thought to himself or the harm that his goals will have on anyone else.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:50:41 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[How does he meet Victor Frankenstein?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[How does he meet Victor Frankenstein?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:40:22 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I'm assuming you're referring to the fourth letter from Robert Walton to...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I'm assuming you're referring to the fourth letter from Robert Walton to his sister, in which he relates his first encounter with Victor Frankenstein:

On perceiving me, the stranger addressed me in English, although with a foreign accent.  "Before I come on board your vessel," said he, "will you have the kindness to inform me whither you are bound?"


You may conceive my astonishment on hearing such a question addressed to me from a man on...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:22:16 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In Frankenstein, what did the man ask the captain?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In Frankenstein, what did the man ask the captain?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:09:41 PST</pubDate>
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