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Mary Shelley uses numerous literary and rhetorical devices to invoke a tone of disgust, repugnancy, and even to convey the creator’s feelings towards the monstrosity he has manufactured, which approach hatred. Immediately Shelley opens the passage with a rhetorical question which introduces the negative feelings the creator has towards the monster; the use of words such as “catastrophe,” “delineate,” “wretch,” and “infinite pains” showcase the struggle and atrocities that are taking place with…

Throughout Frankenstein, a multitude of mishaps occur; for instance, the murder of Victor Frankenstein’s brother, a ghastly-looking monster’s formation and the Monster’s possible lover’s, creation. These all represent mishaps, because of the damage they cause. They cause damage to families, more specifically Frankenstein’s family and they cause self-pity to the Monster, by bringing him false hope of a future lover and deception, because Victor did not properly parent his creation. Both Victor…

On a personal level, the term “evil” hits back at me. Culturally, I had been introduced to this term referring to Satan or the other evil powers that are controlled by the devil himself. James Willer points out to the meaning of “evil” as “bad” and confirming my notion of the definition of this word. He points out the different levels and platforms through which evil is initiated and enacted. The argument presented in the book is that “it is ordinary individuals, like you and me, who commit…

Name wanted nothing more but for time to hurry up. His eyes, the dreadful colour of jealousy and greed, darted between the clock and the vacant seat across his table. He was sure that the clock enjoyed how agonisingly slow this wait was. It ticked by at a sluggish pace, in a weird mechanic sort of laughter that no one but Name could understand. Everyone else said that it was impossible for clocks to feel emotion, let alone laugh. But Name knew better. He knew clocks were demonic creations that…

St. Michael, a portrayed warrior who took on the beasts of hell to protect man.However the author continues to talk about the idea that these demons St. Michael is defeating were feared by man, they were surreal that they were only to be imagined. Berger has described that beauty is in the eye of the beholder (ways of seeing, Episode 3). Stating how the individual who is analysing this image, whether they will get the hidden beauty/meaning; which is man can overcome issues that come to hand, but…

The Monstrosity of Knowledge, Power, and Nature Ignorance serves as a wall separating a life of bliss from one of tragedy and pain. Choosing enlightenment darkens one’s future, especially when such information violates natural law. In her novel Frankenstein, Mary Shelley asserts the dominance of nature as the corruptive effects of extensive knowledge and impulsive exertion of power hinder Victor Frankenstein and the Monster in their respective pursuits of happiness. Curiosity-fueled knowledge…

Paradise Itself is a short story filled with various metaphors, some more prevalent than others. There are three master metaphors in this story. They compare Tim and Julianne’s relationship to Adam and Eve’s story, relationships in general to sports, and men to animals in the wild. The master metaphors are reinforced by a string of mini metaphors. Together these comparisons broaden and shape the story allowing for a more coherent understanding of the author’s true thoughts and feelings.…

Nature vs Nurture: Human vs Monster Written in a time of Romanticism, Mary Shelley brings to question the true defining factors of what it really means to be a human being. Shelley tells a story of a created being, not born of a mother, as he discovers the process of tabula rasa, or blank slate. The idea of tabula rasa is that every individual being starts out with nothing, like blank slate. As the being develops, the world impacts every aspect of his or her life: beliefs, behaviors,…

Humanity has always possessed a thirst for the knowledge of the unknown, but the consequences of this knowledge never crosses the minds of those who seek it. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus, shows this foolishness in perfect light, portraying the madness of Victor Frankenstein in his thirst for the creation of life. In his success, he becomes revolted by his Creature, leaving him on his own at the beginning of his new life and leading him to murderous tendencies towards the…