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    among many but it can be fixed. In the novel‚ Frankenstein‚ Victor Frankenstein has a great family who loves him dearly and when his mother dies he leaves his family to go to college. At the university he learns and studies extensively with ambitions for creating new life‚ one character flaw of his. He also ends up egotistically shutting himself off from the outside world including his family‚ who loved and cared for him all of his childhood. In Frankenstein‚ author Mary Shelley utilizes Victor Frankenstein’s

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    The story of Frankenstein has been told around the world in various different ways. I remember the story of Frankenstein to be completely different from what Mary Shelly had written in her novel. I had always remembered Frankenstein being the monster that was created‚ but turns out Frankenstein is the creator of the monster. Despite all the different versions of Frankenstein none of them accurately resemble the true story of Frankenstein. When I first began to read Frankenstein I had no idea what

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    mentions his strong desire for love. He eventually approaches the cottagers he was watching and the only person home was the blind father. The blind man accepts him into his house and displays a glimpse of love to the monster. On the other hand‚ Frankenstein was able to obtain love much easier than the creature. Although it was easier for Victor‚ he shows his desire for love in a letter he wrote to his father: “My dear father‚ re-assure yourself. I love my cousin tenderly and sincerely. I never saw

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    In Frankenstein‚ the role of the monster and human are subtly revered with Victor considered more monstrous than the creature he created. This is because first‚ Victor is portrayed monstrous than the creature because he abandons his creature instead of educating and friendly introducing him to the world‚ which is itself a monstrous act of irresponsibility. Secondly‚ Victor ought to know that the creature will likely harm others‚ but due to his selfishness he places his family and friends at great

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    Characters’ Identity in Frankenstein Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is a story about a scientist and the monster that he created. The scientist and the monster in the story keep trying to find their places in the society. In the story‚ one of main topics is the pursuit of self-definition. Victor Frankenstein is the scientist who creates the monster. When he discovers he has the ability to give life to death‚ he is excited and his body is full of energy to pursue his goal. Victor described his excitement:

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    Victor Frankenstein and the Monster he created are very similar in many different ways. It all starts out with Victor starting to study the dark science‚ so he can create a monster to be like himself. While he is making this monster‚ he doesn’t realize how ugly and scary it was coming out to be. Victor makes the monster so ugly it causes him to abandon him and sends him away. It is just like what happened to Victor from his own creator‚ which was his father who had abandoned him when he was a

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    in which he and his family lived. Shelley opens her book “Frankenstein‚” with a bittersweet setting which slowly turns into a horrific tragedy. Frankenstein lives a happy life until he finds himself in love with the idea of creating life. This desire consumes him until he is successful. Shelley portrays Frankenstein’s addiction in many different ways. The theme of dangerous knowledge is very powerful in the book. Eventually‚ Frankenstein destroys everything that is important in sustaining his happiness

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    Discuss the extent to which one of the following novels is informed by contemporary social issues: Great Expectations Fathers and Son‚ Frankenstein. The novel I have chosen to discuss is Frankenstein. Written in 1818 by Mary Shelley‚ Frankenstein is classified as a gothic novel‚ however‚ Shelly uses both realist and non-realist techniques. I will be looking at her reasons for writing the novel and what influenced her‚ as well as the realist and non-realist techniques used. I will be looking at

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    Frankenstein Mary Shelly This semester you must write a short paper demonstrating that you can use some of the basic requirements of research‚ namely DOCUMENTATION; that is one of the reasons you had a Library orientation on this subject. You will write a short work of about 300-500 words (3-4 pages) on ONE of the following topics related to Frankenstein... You will follow the usual format for essays‚ double spaced‚ font 12 etc. Following the MLA style you will include a bibliography and

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    Frankenstein Journal Characters Victor Frankenstein- The main character of the story. He builds the monster. He is scared of his creation forgets about it. The monster kills his whole family and sends Frankenstein to his doom. He is never able to stop the monster. The Monster- The creation of Frankenstein. The monster is very intelligent; it learns language by observation. He is sad that nobody wants to accept him. He goes on a rampage and kills many people. Henry Clerval- A friend of Frankenstein

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