Essays On Books

Despite being created in different political, social, and cultural paradigms, a comparative study of Mary Shelley’s classic novel Frankenstein and Ridley Scott’s sci-fi cult film, Blade Runner: The Director’s Cut reveals similar concerns and issues that remain pertinent to a modern audience. Both Blade Runner and Frankenstein were written centuries apart but draw inspiration from […]

Frankenstein makes liberal use of first person narrative to verbally illustrate the text in a number of ways. Through doing this, it aims to show a hidden depth to the inner workings of the mind of the narrator, it can make a scene more dramatic, it can allow the reader to more fully relate with […]

The Oxford English dictionary defines ‘monster’ as ‘legendary’. Words, such as ‘demon’, ‘colossus’, ‘gruesome ‘and ‘dreadfully repulsive’ refers to the physiognomy of this ‘other being’. In two Gothic novels, Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, and Dracula by Bram Stoker, the monster is a crucial element. The Gothic genre was popular in the Nineteenth Century, and the […]

The extract in focus is typically gothic, with the protagonist, Lockwood, finding himself alone at night for the first time in Heathcliff’s sinister home, Wuthering Heights. The central tensions of the novel are evident from the passage: the contrast between freedom and confinement; the line between being awake and asleep; and finally, fear evoking madness. […]

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein was written in the early nineteenth century, when the industrial revolution had pervaded all part of European and British society. Rosenbrock had noticed that ‘the Victorian situation led to the danger of complacency. ‘ and Shelley, unlike most of her contemporaries, recognized this danger and foresaw the perils of the newly-born technological […]

With the emphasis on Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and with wider reference to The Picture of Dorian Gray, explore the concept of monstrosity in both novels. In your answer make reference to critical opinions and the contexts in which Shelley and Wilde were writing. Often the idea of being a monster comprises two categories – firstly […]

New Historicism Criticism attempts to relive a textual work through the time of the author who created it, taking into account norms, ideals, prejudices, and any other subjective experiences that the author of the time would hold. Basically, a literary theory that suggests that literature must be studied and interpreted within the context of both […]

In this essay, I will study how the distortion of virtuousness is portrayed in Mary Shelley’s ‘Frankenstein’ and William Golding’s ‘Lord of the flies’. I am going to be concentrating on the characters of Jack and the ‘creation’ in the particular novels. My focus will follow their deterioration from innocuous characters with no past of […]

Frankenstein Essay # 4 The creature wants a mate. Does Victor owe the creature anything? In the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, a young man named Victor Frankenstein reanimates dead flesh. He finds out the creature he made is ugly and runs away from it, rejecting it. The creature is alone for several weeks and […]

How is Justine Presented in this Chapter? How Does Shelley Use Language to Create Effect in this Chapter? How Does Shelley Present Women as a Whole in the Novel? At the opening of Chapter Eight, the character of Justine is presented as dignified and composed, not, as might be expected, ridden with hysterical terror; “The […]

In the history of world literature there exist the names, which are destined to live for an exceedingly long time. The novel “Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus” (1818), written by English writer Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797-1851), undoubtedly, is among them. The fate of a Swiss scientist Frankenstein who created a living being from insentient substance, […]

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is a gothic narrative that portrays the destructive nature of modern knowledge, especially when it is pursued without moral restraints. The creation of the monster by Victor Frankenstein illustrates the destructive powers of unlimited knowledge in the hands of individuals obsessed with scientific adventure and new discoveries. Although the novel is written […]

Ever since the industrial revolution, people have questioned whether the technological development has been moving too fast, for man to keep track with the moral and ethical dilemmas which may arise on the way. This theme has occurred in lots of literature and films throughout time. Worth mentioning is Frankenstein from 1818, Brave New World […]

How successfully do Walton’s letters introduce the central themes and concerns of the novel “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley? Walton is a sailor looking for a paradise. He believes that it exists on the north pole, even though most people would strongly disagree with this hypothesis. There are many similarities between his character and that of […]

If you read a lot of classic literature, you can usually see multiple similarities in them. Whether the plots or themes are alike, they convey similar messages. In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, there are very similar life struggles that the characters go through. The main characters of each novel; Hester […]

It is safe to say that people of all time periods, no matter age or location, are prejudice. Judging someone solely based on looks seems to be as natural, and almost involuntary, as blinking one’s eyes. The idea of prejudice has plagued the human race for generations on end, even with today’s attempts to teach […]

The Woeful and Horrendously Sad Tale of Frankincense In Mary Shelley’s Frankincense, the true monster is questioned. Victor, the protagonist, creates a living being using body parts, which drastically alters his life. However, Victor’s creation does not turn out as he had envisioned, leading to his hatred towards it. In her horror novel, Shelley incorporates […]

In the critical essay Possessing Nature: The Female in Frankenstein, Anne K. Mellor states that a society for only men is Frankenstein’s vision of creating a hidden good. Frankenstein constructed a male monster and will not develop a female creature due to the fact that he felt there was no reason for a female to […]

In Frankentstein, a gothic novel written my Mary Shelley, scarlet fever was a huge part in the main plot line. Scarlet fever was a common disease during the time Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein. Scarlet fever was particularly common in children and was fatal and deadly. It was a disease that affected many children and hat […]

Compare and Contrast the Narrators in Gulliver’s Travels and Frankenstein, the Narrative Methods, and the Effects of These Different Ways of Telling a Story in Gulliver’s Travels and Frankenstein. By mythyasha Compare and contrast the narrators in Gulliver’s Travels and Frankenstein, the narrative methods, and the effects of these different ways of telling a story […]

The term Gothic conjures up images of frightened women, graveyards, and haunted castles in the mist, popular settings for horror films. But is this what Gothic means? The Oxford Companion to English Literature defines Gothic as, Tales of the macabre, fantastic, and supernatural, usually set amid haunted castles, graveyards, ruins and wild picturesque landscapes (Drabble […]

English romanticism gained wide acceptance in the literary world and continues to be cherished by contemporary readers. According to Lowy (76), romanticism transcended social barriers and made its presence felt in various genres during the seventeenth and eighteenth century. From its inception, romanticism has traversed various historical periods, including the civil war (Hall 44). Works […]