"I suddenly beheld the figure of a man, at some distance, advancing towards me with superhuman speed,"" (Shelley 120). ... Sparky is able to be rejuvenated with only electricity and the animated sea monkeys and Shelley grow to sizes many times their own. ... This is a reference to Hollywood's Frankenstein movies. ... In the book, Frankenstein, the monster warns Victor that he will "glut the maw of death, until it (is} satiated with the blood of (his) remaining friends," (Shelley 121). ... Mary Shelley's story was so popular that Frankenstein is still relevant today, and has had nume...

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Frankenstein Unbelievably Mary Shelley wrote the novel Frankenstein at the age of eighteen. ... Frankenstein by Mary Shelly is a very suspenseful gothic novel. ... Mary Shelley is a great example of a writer who is the product of the Romantic era. The major characteristic of Romanticism that Mary Shelley uses is the examination of senses and inner feelings. ... Clearly you can see that Mary Shelley was successful in creating a Gothic novel that includes elements of Romanticism. ...

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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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Mary Shelley's gothic novel Frankenstein is a tale of an ambitious scientist who succeeds in creating life from deceased body parts. ... The creature turns out to be a disfigured being, whom Frankenstein considers a monster and ultimately abandons. ... Frankenstein's creation, although considered a monster, exhibits human emotions and wishes to love and to be loved. ... " (Shelley 135). ... " (Shelley 145). ...

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Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is filled with various underlying themes, the crux being the effect society has on The Creature's personality. ... Frankenstein teaches that man should not try to defy God, and that no one should be judged by their physical appearance. ... Mary Shelley used a deep, gothic theme to get several different points across, and made it interesting by paralleling the main characters with the characters of a well- known story....

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In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, the main characters are determined to learn as much as they can. Mad scientist, Victor Frankenstein, learns how to create life and creates a creature who later becomes able to speak English and learns he is not accepted by neither his creator nor other people. ... Shelley characterizes the creature as hateful to portray how knowing too much will lead to conflict. ... Satan had his companions, fellow-devils, to admire and encourage him; but I am solitary and abhorred" (Shelley 111). ... As a result Shelley uses the Creature's characterization of hatefu...

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There are many Gothic properties in Bram Stoker's Dracula. These properties are created by a combination of the desolate settings, dysfunctional narrators, the supernatural occurrences, plus the sexual undertones. These techniques contribute to the success of the novel throughout its lifetime, Dracu...

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