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Good and Bad of Human Nature as Portrayed in Literature

Swift, "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley, and "Heart of Darkness" by William Conrad. Gullivers Travels "Gullivers Travels" is a b...

Flawed Hero Victor Frankenstein

that he could not control it (Marcus 188). On the one hand, there are the critics who claim that Frankenstein had no...

Friendship, Victor Frankenstein, and Henry Clerval

book, the first reaction could be "mad scientist" or "ugly monster." Hollywood, if nothing else, has done a very good job of takin...

1798 to 1832 British Writers

In five pages this paper examines the Romantic Age and considers the writings of female authors Mary Wollstonecraft, Ann Radcliffe...

Frankenstein Myth

In four pages this research paper considers the 'Frankenstein myth' and refutes the premise argued by author Mary Shelley. Three ...

Isolation in Jane Eyre and Frankenstein

The theme of isolation as it is featured in these novels by Charlotte Bronte and Mary Shelley are compared and contrasted in nine ...

Science Fiction and Gender

In eight pages this paper examines how gender influences science fiction tastes in terms of male and female preferences with a dis...

British Literature and Issue of Class

pride, and vainer ties dissever, / And give herself to me forever" (Browning 1235). According to Professor Gerald McDaniel, the r...

Students and Teachers in The Tempest and Frankenstein

This paper consists of three pages and considers student and teacher relationships and the role conformity plays in an analysis of...

Meaning and Philosophy

constructed and the meaning made perfectly clear so that all understand what types of behavior will be tolerated and which will no...

The Fly Film by David Cronenberg

In eight pages this 1986 film is examined in terms of the horror genre and how it has always warned against the social changes res...

Abandonment in Frankenstein

is responsible for the monsters abandonment and abusive treatment, fueling his bitterness and murderous rage" (178). Natale illust...

Frankenstein as a Tragic Figure?

In five pages this novel by Mary Shelley is analyzed in order to determine whether or not the character of Frankenstein qualifies ...

Frederick Douglass' and Frankenstein's Dehumanization

In six pages this paper contrasts and compares the creature's dehumanization in Frankenstein by Mary Shelley with the dehumanizati...

Past and Present Romantic Literature

In nine pages this paper discusses Romantic literature of the past and present with a consideration of female authors Fannie Flagg...

Settings and Their Importance in Frankenstein

Walton, who explains the story in letters to his sister; he in turn has heard it from Frankenstein himself. This is a "framing" de...

Victorian Reading Habits: The Thrill of Transgression

"a castle, ruined or intact, haunted or not"; sinister ruins "which arouse a pleasing melancholy"; dungeons, catacombs, crypts and...

The Thrill of Transgression: “Frankenstein” and “Manfred”

is blasphemous. Also, and certainly unknown to himself, he is skittering along the knife edge between madness and sanity. He is a ...

Feminist Reaction to Frankenstein by Shelley

as one, writing about a man. She was raised by her father and surrounded by many intellectual and literary men and it just makes s...

Gothic Movement in Literature

Davis also indicates that many scholars find Mary Shelleys Frankenstein to be incredibly fascinating and a far darker story than h...

'Monster' Concept in Literature

of monster that Shelly offers. In like kind she offers for examination the type of monster that takes no responsibility for his ac...

Cultural Statements in Frankenstein, Candide, and Tartuffe

dominance over his family. Tartuffe makes his entrance somewhat late in the play; however, by this point, his character has been t...

Novel and Film Portrayals of Frankenstein

any sense, which is the case in the novel. One similarity regarding the novel and the film involves the main characters fascina...

Literature and Human Evil

of Dr. Frankenstein. However, in all honesty it is not the monster who is evil. The monster tries to learn, tries to find a place ...

Victor Frankenstein's Creation Process

from electricity. But first, he must fashion a body. The proportions of Victors creation is important to the story. He was obvio...

Gothic in Literature

is actually a monk, Shedoni, but he is a man who had a presence that possessed the "gloomy pride of a disappointed one" (Radcliffe...

'Mont Blanc' and 'Mutibility' Poems by Percy Bysshe Shelley and William Wordsworth

example, he paints a picture of fleeting beauty and dispair about both the frailty and temporary nature of life. He paints a pict...

Mary Tudor by W.F.M. Prescott

The writer reviews the W.F.M. Prescott book Mary Tudor, which is a detailed study of the reign of Queen Mary I of England, the wom...

Religious Meeting The Council of Ephesus

In five pages this infamous 431 meeting that defined Mary's role and how it changed artistic interpretations of Mary are examined....

Berceo's Poem about Mary, Miracles of Our Lady

The writer examines the 13th century poem Milagros de Nuestra Senora (Miracles of Our Lady). The writer describes it as a series o...