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Frankenstein By Mary Shelly
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 quotations either from the novel or other sources, including the internet. If you chose to answer question #3 follow the MLA citations for a movie. (See film, or video tape –DVD; television on page 114-115 of A Pocket Style Manual 2nd ed. by Diana
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