The connections, and relevance it has to today's modern society and the lessons that can be learned from it, is what classifies it as being classic. ... However, its concerns with radical social reform, along with the workings of the imagination and an interest in nature, Frankenstein identifies itself as a classic Gothic novel with important links to the Romantic movement. ... It is important to note that the setting in the novel is very much concerned with nature and how it reflects the characters. This aspect links the Gothicism of the novel to the Romantic period, a period closely...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The novel follows the tragic story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientific prodigy, who discovers to secret to life and who uses it to bring to life a creature whom he assembled using various dead body parts. ... Yet, later on, as the creature becomes aware of how he came to be and is confronted with the cruelty of society, he decides to seek revenge on Victor Frankenstein's family and wreaks havoc upon the life of his creator. ... "My dreams were therefore undisturbed by reality; and I entered with the greatest diligence  into the search of the philosopher's stone  and the elix...

• Word Count: 1600
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Both of these novels illustrate the bitterness of society to those who are cast aside as different. ... Yet, even with all of these obstacles, this family has proven in this novel to be among the richest. ... Even the old blind man who many would sympathize with for his lack of vision, is enjoying life more than most other characters mentioned in this story, as he is continuously depicted singing or playing a musical instrument, which normally brings smiles to any bystanders. ... Once again, the real monster in this novel is the society in which these people are "born" into. ... As ...

• Word Count: 1085
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Drawing from mythological legend and rich historical data all of which is tied together through Shelley's own unique life and personal emotions, Frankenstein is a tale of what can happen when mankind oversteps his natural bounds and transcends from everyday life into the realm of fantasy and nightmares, into the land of gods and monsters. ... The majority of the critics have made it clear that they believe that the experiments and works of previous scientists, alchemists, and contemporary authors also had an influence on both the novel and the author. ... The search for the power that ...

• Word Count: 3377
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The scientists of today propose to create life from life. ... Is there a lesson in this for modern Man? ... Learning the secrets to creating life inevitably provides lessons to extending and improving life. ... Like a parent with a problem child, the decisions are generally made with the best intent but may not meet the needs or satisfy the urges of the new individual. ... At the end of the novel Victor relates his story to Walton to prevent him from making the same devastating mistakes that he made. ...

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The lack of a nuclear, loving family compelled Mary to desire the life of those who had what her family was unpredictable in giving. ... Her most famous novel, Frankenstein, Or, The Modern Prometheus, is the prime example of her depressing life. ... Benson the music master who gave the children weekly half-hour lessons in singing and reading music"(11) Mellor states. ... Mary Godwin, first introduced to Percy on November 11th when she was just fifteen years old, fled with him only two years later along with her stepsister, Jane. ... Traveling the country with Percy and others, Mary grew mo...

• Word Count: 1927
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

It is therefore under the influence of these values that the characters within Shelley's novel, Frankenstein, are constructed. ... Frankenstein, and all male characters in the novel, inhabit the public sphere. ... Elizabeth, for instance, is not permitted to travel with Victor on his studies and remains confined to her Genevan home. ... All through his narration, Frankenstein is unable to make any connections between his work and any aspect of family life. ... Fame and glory resulting from these discoveries proved evident the extreme reverence with which society valued such advancements. ...

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In her novel Frankenstein, Mary Shelley simultaneously spins both a gripping horror story and an intense line of philosophical questioning - specifically, what it means to be human. After the titular character imbues his gargantuan experiment with life, he is overcome with the repulsiveness of his creature and flees, rejecting it as a demon. ... Though his time with the DeLacys first incited his desire to share in the feelings of others' joy, he left feeling bitter, cursing his creator for granting him a life of solitude. ... Next, in his time with the DeLacys, the creature begins develo...

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In her novel "Frankenstein," Mary Shelley asks her audience to consider the limits to which we can expand the category of human nature, and if her creature might be best understood as "human". ... Victor questions the principle of the cause of life, and realizes that, "to examine the causes of life, we must first have recourse to death. ... Upon his successful discovery of life, he collects numerous body parts and begins the creation of his creature. ... It is then that the creature begins to pay close attention to the lessons that the cottagers give the woman on their languag...

• Word Count: 2008
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate