Frankenstein (1817) by Mary Shelley and Les Fleurs du Mal (1957) by Charles Baudelaire can both be considered timeless in the eyes of contemporary society as they both discuss social issues that continue to be significant today. ... This shows that both authors have an appreciation and respect for women akin to the most common opinion of contemporary, developed society. ... As a result of this, it can be seen that both Shelley and Baudelaire discuss the contemporary issue of religion, however they both take different standpoints. Both Frankenstein and Les Fleurs du Mal can indeed be considere...

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We see Frankenstein's contemporary counterparts now in groups like the Raelians and Clonaid, and are faced with the same ethical questions, and even potential for destruction through creation. ... In fact, if anything, the Enlightment has never really ceased, and we could almost consider ourselves contemporaries of Shelly in a sense. ... The various authors we have covered from Shelly's time, though, seemed to have the mindset that knowledge is a dangerous thing, making comments about education and its potential for social destruction in view of the French Revolution. ...

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There may be a synthesis of the previous themes and ideals, or a rebellion against them, but the preceding works invariably inform and influence new authors. Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, originally published in 1818 with a second edition published in 1831, although assigned to the Romantic period of literature1798-1832, surpasses her contemporaries by its complexity of themes, scientific and religious pragmatism, as well as social commentaries embedded deep within. ... As said by Wendy Lester "this makes sense, for this novel originated from a dream, as the author famously recounts i...

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Author, Mary Shelley lived in an era where technology and the idea of science were beginning to rise. ... In the science world of the twenty- first century, Hilary Englert, a scientific author, wrote her scientific analysis over Mary Shelley's reason behind Victor's character, in Science and Technology in Frankenstein. ... Ray Bradbury and David Mogen, writers for Twayne's United States Authors series, describe how, statistically speaking, many historical, technological artifacts become monstrous because of the end resulting use for the experimentations. ... Richard Sha, a write...

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