Two Versions of Frankenstein: Nature Versus Nurture James Whale's 1931 film version of Frankenstein provides a deep contrast in both theme and characterization to Mary Shelley's original novel, Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus. In much the same way Prometheus stole fire and gave it to man, Shelley's subtitle suggests that God's power of creation has been stolen, in this case by Frankenstein. ... Shelley's Victor Frankenstein is haunted until his death by his worst fear, the creature to which he has given life. ... In Shelley's novel, however, it is Vi...

• Word Count: 697
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

In the book Frankenstein, the protagonist Victor Frankenstein plays God by creating life with his own hands. ... Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein, conveys the impression of the creature as a baby through her use of rhetorical devices, with the attempt to build pathos to evoke sympathy and contempt towards the protagonist. ... She also aims for evoking rage towards Frankenstein. By employing an  innocent  tone, Shelley builds anger for Frankenstein and compassion for the creature by portraying him as infantile. ... By constructing pathos, Shelley wanted readers to feel compassion fo...

• Word Count: 802
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

In Frankenstein, Mary Shelley writes a meaningful story about a mad scientist stitching together a monster. ... The creature's behavior is murderous and vicious, which is caused by a combination of both Victor Frankenstein, his creator, and society. ... Frankenstein!' 'Frankenstein! ... (Shelley 121/122) By using William's perspective of the monster, Shelley easily emphasizes what a major cause of his bitterness is-society. ...

• Word Count: 878
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, the monster and his creator, Dr. Frankenstein are very similar. However, critic Harold Bloom states: "The monster is at once more intellectual and more emotional than his maker the monster is more human than his creator." I agree with this statement. It is...

• Word Count: 672
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Ernest Hemingway's In Our Time are two very different works in structure, story, and setting. ... In Frankenstein, solitude has a completely different effect on the characters. ... Once commenced, it [the female monster] would quickly be achieved, and I might be restored to my family in peace and happiness" (Shelley, 110). " Perhaps if Shelley had given Victor a decent personality, the creation of the monster would not have been a tragedy; but Victor Frankenstein abandons his creation and in so doing he forces the monster into a solitude of its own. ...

• Word Count: 577
• Approx Pages: 2
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In Mary Shelley's classic novel of the Romanticism period, Frankenstein, there is much destruction and remorse caused by the creature Dr. Frankenstein creates. ... Victor Frankenstein. ... Frankenstein. ... Frankenstein believes that the monster will attack him on his wedding day. ...

• Word Count: 893
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography

Frankenstein's monster is a fictional character that created by Mary Shelley in her novel Frankenstein published in 1818. ... And, the monster, the creature and the abandoned by Victor Frankenstein. ... Besides, "Frankenstein" is also the last name of Victor Frankenstein. ... As the Introduction said" Yet the monster is , in a literal sense, a projection of Frankenstein's mind.He is also a reflection of Frankenstein's own situation." Frankenstein has appeared in numerous edition( from the Introduction xii), and, moreover, some of its adaptions even use Fra...

• Word Count: 770
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

In the novel Frankenstein, author Mary Shelley examines the different traits that one generally associates with fathers. Alphonse Frankenstein is the caring father of Victor Frankenstein. ... Frankenstein abandons the monster when he is first created because of his hideous and grotesque appearance. ... This is a negative personality trait of a father seen in the novel, Frankenstein. Mary Shelley examines fatherhood in the novel, Frankenstein, from different perspective which can be positive or negative. ...

• Word Count: 1365
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

As scientists continue to piece together nature's mysteries of science, and as technology is becoming the dominating force in numerous areas worldwide, there is often a crucial piece of the puzzle that goes missing: responsibility. Though many people praise the abundant benefits of modern technology...

• Word Count: 1596
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Frankenstein, the Monster, and the Movies Frankenstein's monster has been portrayed over 50 times in as many films. ... The monsters from the 1931film, titled Frankenstein and the 1994 film, titled Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, are very different. When we think of Frankenstein's monster, we often think of Boris Karloff. ... These deaths are not to help him but to hurt Victor Frankenstein. ... He is still today what people think of when they hear the name Frankenstein. ...

• Word Count: 910
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (Chapter 1-10 Summary) Letters One-Four: Captain Walton writes to his sister describing his preparations for his journey to the North Pole and his hopes and excitement for the trip. ... Frankenstein recovers, he tells his tale which he hopes will be of moral benefit to his listener (very patient listener one might add). Chapter One: Victor Frankenstein begins at the beginning-describing the meetings of his parents, their perfect characters, their perfect love for each other and him, and their perfect compassion for their neighbors which leads his mothe...

• Word Count: 777
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

EVIL Sophocles" Oedipus Rex and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein dive deep into the mentality and well being of Oedipus, Dr. Victor Frankenstein, and the monster. ... While implementing these goals, both Frankenstein and the monster fall into their own hell, delirium, and madness. ... However, in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, the evil portrayed to the readers creates a sense of dark and morbid imagery illuminated by Victor Frankenstein and the monster. ... Victor Frankenstein. ...

• Word Count: 1209
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

" (pg. 323) Frankenstein written by Mary Shelley as a ghost story has turned into what some would call the first ever Medical Ethics Literature piece ever written. The story tells the tale of Victor Frankenstein leaving his family, home and fiance' to attend a university and learn all he could about natural philosophy. ... Throughout the story Frankenstein loses all he ever loved because of the creature he brought to life. ... The tale of Frankenstein's journey seems to be easily concluded if Victor were to only kill the monster or vice versa. ... " (pg. 156) The story o...

• Word Count: 1193
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School