When Mary Shelly's Frankenstein was first published, people grew concerned about its non-fictitious potential, especially with the then new found ideas of galvanism, but Shelly's dream seems today's budding nightmare with the advancement of cloning. ... In fact, if anything, the Enlightment has never really ceased, and we could almost consider ourselves contemporaries of Shelly in a sense. ... Shelly examines human nature, and even psychology, the fact that we are all shaped by our environment and experiences. ... Indeed, we can see that Shelly's book is just as if not mo...

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Mary Shelley was born of a mother who was a strong supporter of the French Revolution. ... "Mary Shelly combined the ethical concerns of her parents with Romantic sensibilities of Percy Shelly's poetic inclinations. ... This general down look upon industry was shown by Shelly's choices of setting, the Swiss Alps. ... This is because Mary Shelley set out to express her Romantic ideals. ... In all, Mary Shelley uses the monster to depict of what could happen, on an extreme scale, when man tries to play God. ...

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Frankenstein by Mary Shelly is a very suspenseful gothic novel. Mary Shelly was one of the first to write novels of this kind and have this much success. ... Mary Shelly used very deceptive words to help her set the tone and mood through out this novel. ... In the book Mary Shelly never tells the reader how Frankenstein is really created. ... Many writers now use Mary Shelly as a guide for their works, almost sometimes mimicking the intriguing aspect of her writing. ...

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When comparing the film to Mary Shelly's novel of the same name, there are many significant differences. ... Thus, the film version of Frankenstein is far more superior than Mary Shelly's novel. ... Thus, the film version of Frankenstein proves to be far more superior than Mary Shelly's novel. ... Thus, the film version of Frankenstein is far more superior than Mary Shelly's novel. ... Thus, the film version of Frankenstein is far more superior than Mary Shelly's novel....

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Mary Shelley's Frankenstein was written during a period of dramatic change. ... Mary Shelly wrote Frankenstein at a time when scientific thought processes were beginning to give way to a less empirical style of thought, one that Shelly saw as being more harmonious with nature and one with fewer disregards for morality and religion. ... (Shelly, p. 69) Shelley characterizes Frankenstein as a modern a "mad scientist." ... (Shelly p. 103) This, however, was not the end. ... (Shelly p. 219) The enormity of the grief caused Frankenstein by his blind pursuit of the scientific is the cent...

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A Comparison of extracts from Mary Shelly's "Frankenstein" and Susan Hills "Woman in Black" of their Effectiveness and Creation of Tension I am intending to review an extract from two pieces of pre and post 19th Century text, in the hope of pinpointing the effectiveness and ways of creating tension in a Gothic Horror story. ... The pre century text is that of Mary Shelly's "Frankenstein", this is about a scientist called Frankenstein (last name), who was a rather prosperous man, but with various parts of dead bodies created a new, extraordinarily strong and powerful being, which d...

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In 1812 Mary Shelley the nineteen year old and her friends made a literary competition in Geneva Switzerland to see who could make the best ghost story. Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein along side with her husband Percy Shelley both working with their own projects Mary with Frankenstein and Percy with his own project Prometheus unbound. ... First examine the life of Mary Shelley, particularly the personal live and ideologies of those who she was closest. ... Upon the conclusion of this debate, a challenge was issued to each person present to write a ghost story as said by Robert Kiely "It...

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He met his match in Mary Wollstonecraft, Mary's mother. ... Mary's mother died of complications just ten days after Mary was born. ... Godwin married four years later to Mary Jane Clairmont. ... Shelley also admired the writings of Mary's mother. ... Percy and Mary eloped and were married a month before Mary's seventeenth birthday. ...

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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. ... However, if one were to correlate and contrast Shelly's masterpiece with another, the greatest work would be the creation story in Genesis. ... 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 the novel "Frankenstein," written by English novelist, Mary Shelley, a scientist plays "God" and has to pay the consequences. ... Shelly follows it up with Victor finding his wife dead in her room adding to the gothic nature of the novel. ... Shelly is showing the hatred the monster has for society for rejecting him just because of his appearance, even though he is truly good. ...

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In Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein, mankind constantly rejects her monster. Dr. Victor Frankenstein's creation attempts to love and to be loved by his creator and by mankind. Through his rejections, the Monster learns that man was born good and taught evil. It was not until the people that surr...

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Mary Shelley's Frankenstein artistically displays both of those qualities in her book. With emphasis on nature, the idea of the noble savage, and the darkness of the corrupt human mind, Shelly masterfully ties this timeless book together. ... The writings of Mary Shelley were greatly influenced by the era of Romanticism and Gothicism that were prevalent in literature in her time. ...

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Shelly refers to the wind, it sweeps in and leaves quickly. ... The last stanza shows Shelly as an adult praying for peace of mind and calm of soul, which the serenity and harmony of nature will provide. ...

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In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, the main characters are determined to learn as much as they can. ... What had been the study and desire of the wisest men since the creation of the world was now within my grasp" (Shelly 43). ...

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