The creature's emotional and rational development truly begins in the time he spends living in a hovel outside of the DeLacy family cabin. ... Seeing the joy each DeLacy brought one another as they played guitar and read books sparked an ember of envy within the creature. ... The creature is intelligent enough to realize his emotional needs, as well as the fact that he is truly entitled to their fulfillment. ... " Though he endlessly sought the emotional fulfillment he thought he deserved, the creature has come to accept the fact that he has sinned, knowing that the death of his crea...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In a study of twelve such sets of twins, researcher Juel-Nielsen concluded that the sets of twin were very different in regards to attitude, ambitions, emotional reactions, and behavior (Joseph 7-8). ... The television, newspapers, books, magazines, and radio programs all influence a person's reality and how he or she views the world. ... After he learns to read, the creature stumbles upon a satchel full of books left in the woods. By his own admission, "I can hardly describe to you the effect of these books"" (Shelley 116), the monster reveals how the books affect him. ... The informat...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Through the reading of books he developed his attitude toward the world. ... In this time, the monster begins to read The Sorrows of Young Werther, which through the study of this work the monster gains an understanding of the emotional aspect of human nature and learns about the feelings of love and despair. ... Thus, Mary Shelley utilized the work, that helped her understand the emotional state of her mother, in the novel, so that the monster to could also learn about the experience of human emotion. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Shelley's longing for emotional happiness and strength forged its way into her novels as underlying themes; she also stigmatized the negative impact on what happens to those unwilling to show such emotion (Mellor xii). ... Even with a poor formal education, Mary still was allowed to read books from her father's expansive library and published her first work in 1808 unparallel to the normal capabilities of an eleven year old girl. ... This type of family was the source of emotional well being, not misery; economic prosperity, not hardship; most importantly true ethical value, not a ...

• Word Count: 1927
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Whereas many eighteenth century prose-writers depended on assumptions about the suitability of various prose styles for various purposes which they shared with their relatively small but sophisticated public; writers in the Romantic period were rather more concerned with subject matter and emotional expression than with appropriate style. ...

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