In the novel "Frankenstein," written by English novelist, Mary Shelley, a scientist plays "God" and has to pay the consequences. ... In "Frankenstein," Victor Frankenstein becomes mad and determined to give life to the dead, Victor goes to extraordinary measures to seek it through, "I collected bones from charnel-houses and disturbed, with profane fingers, the tremendous secrets of the human frame." ... Frankenstein is clearly a gothic novel, but at the same time it is a romantic novel as well. Romantic literature includes themes such as love for nature, the rejection of society, and intense ...

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• Grade Level: High School

" This quote speaks to the theme that if one is not seen as important in society's eyes then justice is unlikely to be rightfully served to them. Along with many other literary works, Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein and To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee prove this statement true. The authors of these two novels convey this common theme through the use of literary elements such as setting, diction, and point of view. In the novels Frankenstein and To Kill A Mockingbird, the monster and Tom Robinson are similar because neither of them is granted the simple request for justice....

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Science fiction is a genre of literature that is very hard to define because it varies drastically in themes. Some of these themes can include the search for immortality, travel in strange lands, encounters with unfamiliar creatures, trips beyond normal reality, and a superhuman hero's based on real science. ... The first "real" science fiction novel is considered to be Mary Wollstonecraft's "Frankenstein" written in 1818. ... New themes were created and many of the authors that soon become famous, started out publishing stories in magazines such as "Galaxy" and "The Magazine of Fa...

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The novel is told by Victor to Robert Walton, a sailor on a voyage to the North Pole. At the beginning of the story the monster begins to recognize the gentle manner of the family that he lives near, the De Lacey's. But, when he reveals himself to the family, they reject him and he destroys every...

• Word Count: 1009
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• Grade Level: High School