Frankenstein

One of the main characters in the film Inside Out mentioned, "Do you ever look at someone and wonder, what is going on inside their head? Well, I know. Well, I know Riley's head." Riley's intellect an…

The monster's primary affliction is that he was abandoned by his creator the moment he was introduced into the world. He felt lost in his feelings, confused about his new senses, and didn't understand…

How do you define the word Humanity? Most people would associate the meaning with being "humane", as in the act of showing qualities of kindness and benevolence. It's even thought to have originated, …

Shelley constructs a replicated world through her gothic conventions to support her notion of pursuing extensive scientific knowledge without an ethical compass can become the downfall of humanity. Fr…

In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, the thematic relationship of hatred and pain is portrayed as an endless cycle that only leads to consequential destruction through differing views of justice. The foil-…

The discourse regarding defining humanity, specifically in regards to our mammal compatriots, has occurred within literature since the conception of introspection and cognition. A focal point within t…

A colossal statue lying wasted in the sand. A terrifying beast wreaking havoc across a village. These are the images born out of the minds of Percy Bysshe Shelley and his wife, Mary Shelley, respectiv…

In Griss Grimly Frankenstein written by Mary Shelley, Victor created an intelligent creature that had some good encounters in some bad; the creature has emotions and a desire for happiness just like h…

Imagine being the first living thing created by somebody and not knowing whether you are human or not, and not having nobody to care for you. In Mary Shelley's story published in 1818 Gris Grimly's Fr…

I chose two scenes that I thought had a major impact on the story (the creation of the creature and the death of Henry Clerval) as well as one of the main ideas (isolation) to create my own interpreta…