Mary Shelley, author of the classic novel, " Frankenstein," in an attempt to reveal the true nature of a monster, its uncanny suffering and grief, so as the events that will shape him a hated creature, starts her book in such a way that the reader starts feeling this sort of darkened and desolated environment, which will act, I think, as a metaphor of the following events. ... Not only are the snow and the remote hostile land a metaphor for the dark and troubled story of Frankenstein, but is also this silent grief of the stranger a signal of a drama that the reader might infer as the existen...

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Although Frankenstein is not a Romantic character, we as readers can recognize Frankenstein as a hero through many of his noble traits. ... Frankenstein is a classic example of English Romanticism that has become a classic literary work. ...

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The effect of this is that the reader is able to discern that Baudelaire has far more doubt about Religion than Shelley and other pre-modernist composers. ... The effect of this is that the reader is left without a morsel of doubt in the fact that women are undervalued in Frankenstein's society, and this allows Shelley to express her view that women should be valued members of the public. ... Both the nautical metaphor and judicial simile demonstrates Duval's power over Baudelaire, and so we as the reader are able to recognise that Baudelaire shares the opinion of Shelley in that wo...

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With its multiple narrators and, hence, multiple perspectives, the novel leaves the reader with contrasting interpretations of Victor: classic mad scientist, transgressing all boundaries without concern, or brave adventurer into unknown scientific lands, not to be held responsible for the consequences of his explorations. ... This eruption of angry self-pity as the monster questions the injustice of how he has been treated compellingly captures his inner life, giving Walton and the reader a glimpse into the suffering that has motivated his crimes. ...

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It is unfortunate what the films using the name Frankenstein have done to prejudice readers against this novel. ... Romanticism, The Industrial Revolution, and science and technology, of the time period in which the novel was written, all intertwine to produce this mind-boggling classic novel. ...

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