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An Analysis of The Creature in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

draws from his experience. His first introduction to fire, for example, results in his knowledge that the same element that can p...

Abandonment in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

This paper discusses the theme of abandonment in Shelley's classic novel and her life. This five page paper has nine sources lis...

Creation of Life in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

In five pages this paper argues that Victor Frankenstein steadfastly refuses to feel any type of guilt or regret regarding his sci...

Jean Jacques Rousseau's Confessions, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and the Elements of Autobiography

In a paper consisting of five pages Barbara Johnson's theory that autobiography involves a child's narrative as symbolically killi...

Utopia and Hell Visions in the Works of More, Voltaire, and Sartre

woman who all her life has rejected any opportunity to choose her path in life, as well as any responsibility for her actions; and...

Government and Religion According to Voltaire, Rousseau, Pope, and Montesquieu

this emphasis on "relativity." In comparison, Alexander Pope (1688-1744), the British poet and philosopher described the universe...

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, a Gothic Masterpiece

This paper discusses various elements of Shelley's novel that classify the work as Gothic, one of the nineteenth-century's literar...

Overview of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus

In five pages this paper considers contemporary cloning within the context of the Gothic novel by Mary Shelley. Three sources are...

Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, and Ethics

In eight pages ethical dilemmas such as cloning and genetic engineering are examined within the context of these two classic works...

The Role of Man in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

has been much experimentation with creation. Test tube babies somehow evolved into the concept of designer babies and couples tryi...

An Analysis of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

This paper analyzes various elements of Shelly's classic novel. This seven page paper has no additional sources listed in the bib...

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Evelyn Fox Keller's Reflections on Gender and Science

In five pages this paper compares these two works in consideration of gender empiricism and how science directs its own study fiel...

Literary Considerations of Power Abuses

In this paper consisting of six pages the realistic depiction of abuses in regards to imperialism are in Voltaire's Candide, Remar...

Patriarchal and Feminist Themes in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

To say that women had to fight for their existence throughout history would be a gross understatement and one that would also be s...

Biblical Adam and the Creature in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

In 7 pages these two creations are compared in terms of the intentions of their creators and the reactions they inspired with God ...

English Romanticism in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

underpinning of romanticism, the innocence and exaltation of the common man. The auto biographical nature of Mary Shellys Fr...

Character Development in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

the way this search takes over his life when he declares: I entered with the greatest diligence into the search of the philosopher...

Fourth Chapter of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and the Character of Dr. Victor Frankenstein

In 5 pages the changes in Victor Frankenstein's personality as he becomes obsessed with being god like that occur in the fourth ch...

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and the Views and Perceptions of Science

In six pages this paper examines Shelley's 1818 masterpiece in a consideration of the views and perceptions of science contained w...

Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, and Genetic Engineering

In three pages genetic engineering as they are represented in these two literary works are contrasted and compared in terms of the...

Candide by Voltaire and the Themes of Snobbery, Optimism of Philosophy, Bigotry in Religion, and War

In five pages this paper considers how these 4 themes are featured in Voltaire's Candide. Two sources are cited in the bibliograp...

Feminist View on Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Science

In seven pages this paper considers science as presented in Frankenstein by Mary Shelley from a feminist perspective that includes...

The Social Construction of Gender in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

This paper examines Shelley's novel as a metaphor for social issues of the nineteenth century. This five page paper has one sourc...

The Monster's Complexity in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

This paper discusses the complexity of The Monster's personality. This five page paper has one source listed in the bibliography....

Feminine Nature and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

and whose future lot it was in their hands to direct to happiness or misery, according as they fulfilled their duties towards me" ...

John Milton's Satan and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Creature

In eight pages this paper compares the meanings contained within 'Paradise Lost' by John Milton and Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. ...

Scientific Negativity in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

claim that advances in the field would enhance quality of life as it could eradicate genetic disease, for example (Castle PG). It ...

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

in the first place. Frankenstein has two obvious choices. He can say I was not thinking of the Creature and was consumed by his ...

Man’s Relationship to Nature in Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein

Along the way, he encounters dangers but somehow manages to survive to reach his island destination, where he will stay for nearly...

Voltaire's Multifaceted Satire

all possible worlds". The purpose of having a character act as a mouthpiece for Leibniz optimistic defense of Christianity was t...