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Frankenstein
One way in which the novel blends and comments on Enlightenment and Romantic philosophies is through its characters. Initially, Victor is very much aligned with the Enlightenment while his...
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Lolita
In a sense, it would be far easier to say how the novels differ than to discuss in what ways they are similar. One might be able to argue that both novels attack overreach and complacency on the...
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Frankenstein
Both the DeLacey and the Frankenstein families are close, loving families, although Felix and Agatha are much more devoted to their father and each other than is Victor Frankenstein to his family....
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Frankenstein
Though Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein nearly two hundred years ago, many of the themes of this novel are relevant to today's society. Let's consider the themes of nature and acceptance in...
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Hamlet
Hamlet is an idealistic character, as he believes that people should act in a moral way and is crushed when they don't. He is disappointed that his mother, Gertrude, has married Claudius shortly...
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Frankenstein
When answering this question, you should consider the themes of isolation and rejection in Frankenstein and “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.” In Frankenstein, Walton, Victor, and the creature...
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Frankenstein
A dominant theme in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is responsibility for one's actions, especially responsibility for what one creates. The creature sees that Frankenstein has behaved recklessly by...
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Frankenstein
One of the most significant reasons that Frankenstein is still important today is that it raises questions about medical and scientific ethics that we still grapple with, even now. For example, one...
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Frankenstein
Victor Frankenstein deserts his creature after having put years of effort into making him because, in the moment that the creature comes to life, "the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless...
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Frankenstein
The creature and Captain Walton are both characters who tend to feel things very deeply, and they have both been significantly affected by the life and history of Victor Frankenstein. The creature...
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Frankenstein
I would say the primary mood/ atmosphere in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is one of foreboding or dread. Consider, for instance, that we get most of Frankenstein's story after the events of the tale...
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Frankenstein
One reason Frankenstein and Frankenstein's creature have had such a hold over us for two centuries is because many people can relate to this creature. He is alienated from society, judged and...
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Macbeth
Your general themes are appearance versus reality and good versus evil. Frankenstein and Macbeth approach these themes quite differently, so you might want to structure your essay to compare and...
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Frankenstein
After Victor creates the monster, he grows to loathe and be intensely sickened by the study of natural philosophy. Due to this, and the arrival of his dear friend Henry, Victor eventually switches...
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Frankenstein
I find Dr. Jekyll's use of science to have at least a bit more integrity than Victor Frankenstein's. Frankenstein dreams of being "blessed" by a race of men which he will have created and "hailed"...
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Frankenstein
Both Frankenstein and The Kite Runner deal with several similar themes, though separated by years of history and with very different authorship. In Frankenstein, Victor Frankenstein is appalled by...
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Frankenstein
During Justine's trial for William Frankenstein's murder, Victor claims to suffer a "living torture" because he blames himself for the creation of his creature, the being whom he knows to be the...
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Frankenstein
Frankenstein suggests that our experiences and environment determine what we become. The monster is the best example of this, of course, because he goes from being a rather innocent being to a...
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Frankenstein
Moral culpability is defined as the state of mind of a person before and while committing an act that may be considered cruel, illegal, "evil," or deviant. For example, if someone does harm upon...
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Frankenstein
Victor Frankenstein describes his best friend, Henry Clerval, as a "boy of singular talent and fancy." He wrote a fairy tale at the tender age of nine, and he read voraciously. He would compose...
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Frankenstein
By the end of the novel, both Victor Frankenstein and his creature have been destroyed by their desire for revenge. Victor has sought to avenge the deaths of all his loved ones -- William,...
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Frankenstein
One way in which we could consider Victor a victim occurs after he destroys the female mate which would be a companion for his original creature. When he makes his first creature, his physical...
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Frankenstein
The rising action of a plot is the scenes where critical events enhance or deepen the conflict. That is to say, rising action intensifies the conflict for the protagonist and makes it more...
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Frankenstein
There doesn't seem to be a passage that shows Victor trapped in any storm. The only person trapped in the story is Captain Walton when his ship becomes stuck in ice while heading towards the north...
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Frankenstein
In the end of the chronological story, after the monster has succeeded in alienating Victor by killing just about everyone he has known and loved, Victor reevaluates his earlier choices, indicating...
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Frankenstein
The theme of evil in Frankenstein has long been argued over. One set of critics believes that the monster's actions are heinous and unforgivable, but there are many readers who believe that the...
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Frankenstein
When Victor goes to the University of Ingolstadt, he is alarmed and embarrassed to be told by his first professor, Professor Krempe, that all of the books and philosophers he's been studying are...
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Frankenstein
There are certainly ways in which one might argue that Frankenstein's monster lacks conventional heroic attributes. In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Frankenstein's monster is willing to kill...
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Frankenstein
Soon after the monster learned how to read, he came across three books in a box. One of the books talked about the creation of Adam and how God was at war with the other heavenly creatures. The...
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Frankenstein
Victor Frankenstein and the monster that he creates are more similar than Victor may want to admit. This is ironic because Victor considers his treatment of the monster a result of his utter...
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Frankenstein
In Chapter 8 of Frankenstein, Victor experiences extreme emotional lows. His mood changes from despair to suffering to weeping throughout the chapter, consistently descending deeper and deeper into...
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Frankenstein
The appearance of Victor’s creation was gruesome. Although the features were human, the monster’s physique was unappealing to his creator. The monster was huge, had yellow skin that barely...
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Frankenstein
One reason that Victor Frankenstein is compared to the Titan, Prometheus, is that Prometheus saved humankind in many ways. In one story, his brother, Epimetheus (a name that means "afterthought")...
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Frankenstein
When the monster initially requests a companion, Victor agrees, feeling that he has some obligation to make this creature happy. However, after Victor has some time to consider all the terrible...
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Frankenstein
While Victor is at the University of Ingolstad, he is visited by his dear friend Henry Clerval. In Chapter 5, on a dreary November night Victor's creature comes to life, but his creator is filled...
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Frankenstein
Although Victor Frankenstein and Captain Robert Walton seem to believe that they are destined for greatness, that they would make discoveries which significantly and positively impact humanity, the...
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Frankenstein
This passage enlightens the theme of creation by Man as God. As God created Adam, gave him life, and placed him in the Garden of Eden, Victor Frankenstein brought his Creature to life, allowing him...
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Frankenstein
Throughout the novel, Frankenstein does not take full responsibility for his actions. He doesn't believe that he has control over his decisions, but instead blames fate. Before telling his story to...
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Frankenstein
In Chapter 3, Victor Frankenstein has reached young adulthood and is ready to leave for the university. Before he leaves, however, his mother dies. This loss sets him on the path to questioning the...
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Frankenstein
One of the main reasons that Victor is unable to care for the creature he makes is that he lacks forethought, and he only thinks of his creature as an experiment that will be successful or not; he...
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Frankenstein
Great question! In the book Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, Victor shares his experiences as a young boy. In the beginning of the story, Victor relates that he had a happy childhood, but that...
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Frankenstein
Agency is a term that describes a character’s ability to make his own choices, given the confines of his environment. In Frankenstein, the creature is initially given free agency to make choices...
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Frankenstein
Robert Walton is attempting to reach the North Pole and he gives at least three reasons for doing so. He is curious to see a part of the world never seen by others, he hopes his discovery will...
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Frankenstein
Victor Frankenstein created his own troubles through his choices of rejection. First of all, he rejected the advice of his professors about studying the alchemical writers. These theories had...
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Frankenstein
Shelley's position seems to be that it is not technology itself that is problematic, but, rather, the use to which we put it is the problem. After all, the creature Frankenstein makes is loving...
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Frankenstein
Certainly, Justine fails to truly confront the injustice of her trial. She ultimately confesses to a crime she did not commit, the murder of William, an act that devastates Elizabeth. Elizabeth...
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Frankenstein
The use of the epistolary opening of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley adds a third narrator, Walton, to her narrative. This third narrator is effective because he lends a certain objectivity that an...
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Frankenstein
By having Captain Walton provide the narrative frame for Victor Frankenstein's story, the reader has the opportunity to see the shattered Victor through someone else's eyes. We can truly see the...
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Frankenstein
In Chapter 3 of Mary Shelley's classic of Gothic literature Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, a young Victor Frankenstein is preparing to depart for Ingolstadt, his father having determined...
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Frankenstein
While both characters are guilty of crimes and wrongdoings in the novel, ultimately it must be Victor Frankenstein who bears the most blame. Victor is responsible for making the creature, for...