Frankenstein Reading Response on Frankenstein When reading Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, I found myself having a hard time understanding it. ... However, the question should be asked is Mary Shelley for Frankenstein or against Frankenstein? We see her admiring, excusing, as well as condemning Frankenstein, however, I believe this idea was something she was frightened of. ... 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 he...

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Frankenstein perfectly fits the description of both a Romantic and a Gothic Horror. ... Frankenstein wanders around the country, leaving a path of death and destruction in its wake. ... Frankenstein mutilates his unfortunately misunderstood victims. ... Frankenstein starts getting close with a man, but accidentally kills him. ...

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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. ...

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Critics revere Mary Shelley's Frankenstein as one of the literary classics. ... (For a more interactive, multi-sense version of Frankenstein, try Interplay's game version!) ... What results did I actually find in my analysis of Frankenstein as a bound novel as compared to a web page? ... As well, Frankenstein on the Web brought none of the instant gratification as the bound version delivered. ... form of Frankenstein!!! ...

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Shelley may have also been angry that her mother had been taken away and this was shown through Victor in her novel Frankenstein. ... In Frankenstein there are many fantasies represented by many people. ... All together, Frankenstein is one big dream of Shelley's. ... Both sides of this are exemplified throughout the text of Frankenstein. ... Another reason for staying anonymous was because of the story of Frankenstein. ...

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The original novel presents a human monster whose innate goodness is more believable. Furthermore, the monster in the novel inspired more sympathy whereas the monster in the movie inspires fear. The monster seems more human in the novel than in the movie. When watching the movie, the watchers hav...

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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. ...

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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", we learn of one man's attempt to play God by creating a creature. ... These letters provides us with information about Walton and help us to understand the undertakings of the major character - Victor Frankenstein. ... However, once he meets Victor Frankenstein, he learns of the harrowing consequences that follow the acquirement of too much knowledge. ... Therefore, without Captain Walton having embarked on a journey, we would not have come across the major character - Victor Frankenstein, and would not have been able to comprehend him also. ...

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Science fiction is a genre of literature that is very hard to define because it varies drastically in themes. Some of these themes can include the search for immortality, travel in strange lands, encounters with unfamiliar creatures, trips beyond normal reality, and a superhuman hero's based on rea...

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The novel is told by Victor to Robert Walton, a sailor on a voyage to the North Pole. At the beginning of the story the monster begins to recognize the gentle manner of the family that he lives near, the De Lacey's. But, when he reveals himself to the family, they reject him and he destroys everything in sight. This rejection makes him feel tremendous hatred towards humans and he begins to hate his creator for making him so hideous. He kills Victor's brother at first, Victor's wife and his best friend too. ...

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