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    Frankenstein

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    After reading the novel “Frankenstein” by Marry Shelly‚ I am compelled to write a critique criticizing her work. Laced with betrayal and death‚ Frankenstein is the story of a scientist and the damaging of an innocent creature by distressing social circumstances. Frankenstein and the creature started on a different path but ended up in identical situations. The irony of Mary Shelley’s novel is that the Frankenstein creation craved acceptance but appeared a monster‚ while Victor was cruel and thoughtless

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    Frankenstein By Mary Shelley Mary Shelley Mary Shelley was a novelist‚ biographer and editor. She was the only daughter of William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft. Her mother dies a few days after her birth and since then she was brought up and raised by her father and her step - mother. At the age of sixteen‚ she ran away to France and Switzerland with Percy Shelley‚ and they both got married after the death of his first wife‚ Harriet. Mary began writing her book Frankenstein or the Modern

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    "In a perfect world‚ when he’s with her‚ he would be wishing he was with me; when he looked at her‚ he would be looking at me; when he smiled at her‚ his smile would be for me; when he thought about someone‚ he would be thinking about me. In a perfect world‚ he would realize that I’m the one he was supposed to be with & I would still be standing here waiting for him still when he finally knows this. But this isn’t a perfect world and people do get hurt. Because how can you give your dreams to someone

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    “Then unexpectedly my hands came upon a doorway‚ where hung a portal of stone‚ rough with strange chiseling…” (Lovecraft‚ 100)‚ etched deep into the doorway was a panel of glass‚ showing a beautiful creature‚ that I have never seen before‚ not in my dreams nor the books that I read while alone. Its bright‚ glassy‚ orbs stared into my own. I was entranced by this never-before-seen creature and reached out to touch its bumpy‚ intriguing flesh. It met me halfway. However‚ where I was expecting to feel

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    true monster is evil‚ inhumane‚ and lacks remorse or caring for things that a normal‚ emotional human being should care for. The term monster lacks what many believe to be the necessary requirements someone needs to be considered human. In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein‚ there is such a being that many times was called a creature because he lacked the physical characteristics necessary to be recognized by those around him as a human being. This is something that cannot be disputed‚ as he is described in

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    In the beginning of Frankenstein‚ it begins with four different letters‚ written by Robert Walton to his sister Margaret Saville. Robert Walton is a captain aboard a ship on a very destructive voyage towards the North Pole. He then on explains to Margaret the undiscovered territory he stumbles upon‚ as well as uncover a passage in the northern parts of the pacific and that he is Russia. “This is the most favourable period for travelling in Russia. . . The cold is not excessive‚ if you are wrapped

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    In the poem “Frankenstein” it is clearly stated that Outcasts deserve to be treated fairly because they have many marvelous traits that one wishes to have. For starters‚ the monster was thought to be evil by the ignorant villagers due to the fact he was ugly and made of cadavers‚ but he meant no harm to anyone. The blind man saw good in him so he was kind and let him stay in his thatched roof and the monster actually behaved really well. For instance in the poem it said “ He really has no instincts

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    pointed out by Merrell Knighten in his essay called The Triple Paternity of Forbidden Planet‚ the main difference between Shakespeare’s The Tempest and the 1956 science fiction adaptation Forbidden Planet (referred to as FP) is the use and control of power. In The Tempest‚ Prospero knows what power he holds through the use of his books and spells‚ and ultimately uses these powers to restore order to the island. However‚ in forbidden Planet‚ Morbius’ powers are unknown to him and ultimately lead to his

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    In the novel Frankenstein we can see many of the character’s madness and irrational behavior throughout the book makes the story continue but in the end he also sees how his wrongdoing but as the reader where it leaves the reader for interpretation if Victor is good or evil. In the story it shows Victor’s madness and paranoia not only how it affects the character‚ but affects others around him. In the novel we can also see how that secrecy can affect one’s self and make them act in an irrational

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    Friendship In Frankenstein by Marry Shelley‚ Victor Frankenstein is a young scientist who becomes intrigued by science so intensely that he attempts to achieve the impossible and create life. After months of research and strategic practice Frankenstein accomplishes his goal and creates something that resembles a human man‚ however it is not quite right. Frankenstein is terrified of his creation and attempts to reject the creature; this results in a multitude of issues for not only Frankenstein‚ but also

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