In this paper it will refer to a style of literature. A very good example of this type of literature is Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. ... Later, when he goes away to college in pursuit of knowledge about alchemy and other sciences, everything gets darker and darker. ... He didn't think about how humanity or the creature would be affected by his evil science. ... This is the most obvious of all the themes present in the novel. ...

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This philosophy of "art for art's sake" later evolved into the literary movement of Aestheticism which eschewed the symbolic and preachy literature of the day "especially in England "in an attempt to overcome strict Victorian conventions. Because of his emphasis on style and language, Poe proclaimed his writing a reaction to typical literature of the day, which he called "the heresy of the Didactic'' for its tendency to preach. ... Family is an important theme in this story. ... The illnesses in this story, as well as some of the natural phenomena, explore the theme of...

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Through researching the Gothic preoccupation with the Grotesque and the Monstrous body, she was able to create comparisons between her own research into modern self-representation and self-image and the subjects of Gothic Literature. Croke's piece incorporates the Gothic, and in particular themes of the grotesque and the monstrous body through her use of human decay. ... As Fred Botting suggests: "It is the monster, not his creator, with whom 20th century and 21st century subjects align themselvesin a world in which science and technology seem increasingly opaque to ordinary individ...

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