Frankenstein Reading Response on Frankenstein When reading Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, I found myself having a hard time understanding it. ... I was impressed and amazed that at the age of 18 years old; Mary Shelley was able to right such an incredible novel. ... However, the question should be asked is Mary Shelley for Frankenstein or against Frankenstein? ... In society Frankenstein is considered to be the one of the greatest novels. ... Frankenstein refers the monster to many different images we think of to be part of hell. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

This is most notable when examining Charles Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du Mal (1857) and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1817). ... In Frankenstein, we see Shelley convey her Romantic religious view that man can never overcome the divine and sublime power of nature. ... In Frankenstein, Shelley addresses this issue with irony by characterising women to be passive and almost docile, making the comment that a society that undervalues women can only end in a tragedy akin to that of Frankenstein. ... The effect of this is that the reader is left without a morsel of doubt in the fact that women...

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After watching Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, one can notive there are many differences between the movie and Shelley's novel, Frankenstein. There were many little differences that probably went unnoticed, but there were two huge differences that were very apparent. One of the differences betwee...

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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. ... The monster is angry at Frankenstein for having created him. ... Shelley effectively was able t...

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• Has Bibliography
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Critics revere Mary Shelley's Frankenstein as one of the literary classics. Not just a science fiction novel about a mad scientist and his creature, Shelley's Frankenstein is a commentary on society, on fundamental human truths, and on humanity, itself. To those unfamiliar with the story, the web page created by Felice Aull, Ph.D, provides an excellent synopsis of the essential elements of Shelley's genius. ... No links were provided to other pages within the story, and as a result the novel was not the multi-layered structure that I have come to expect from hypertex...

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Along with many other literary works, Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein and To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee prove this statement true. ... 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. ... The monster, Frankenstein's creation in the novel Frankenstein, is mistreated ever since he was created. ... Shelley's use of point of view is so strong, that it makes you feel sorry for a monster; the assumed bad guy of the story. ...

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• Grade Level: High School