Frankenstein 3 Essay, Research Paper
1. List the title and author of the work you read.
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
2. Briefly describe the plot (action) of the work. What happens?
Robert Walton (the first narrator) finds Victor Frankenstein adrift in the Arctic. After a week s recovery Frankenstein tells his story. As Victor was growing up he had always been interested in alchemy and pseudo-sciences. He hoped to one day to be able overcome death and decay. Victor learned how to create life in the laboratory and collected parts from cadavers to create his creature. After giving his creation life, he was horrified and fled. He was hidden away for two years, then received a letter telling of his little brother s death. He suspected the creature, but the police suspected a female friend of his family s and hanged her. One day the being found Victor and told him of his survival and his knowledge. He requested Victor make him a companion and in return they would flee away never to be seen again. He eventually agrees to make the bride, but after much pondering destroys all the work he had done. The monster curses Frakenstein assuring revenge on his wedding night. Later another of his friends turns up dead. Victor still made plans to marry Elizabeth with whom he was raised. On their wedding night she is strangled by the monster. He follows the monster pledging to destroy it. The story leads to where he is taken aboard the ship. Soon after the story Victor dies. The monster s discovered on board and announces his plans to kill himself.
3. How would you describe the author s style? Examine the way the author writes, considering word choice, point of view, structure, special techniques (i.e., symbolism).
I really liked the way Shelley told the story from different points of view. She made the story whole by telling what Victor thought and what the creature thought. I also liked the way she didn t just dive right into the central story, but laid out an outer frame. Shelley tries to make an easily read story by telling it from all angles and makes it a little different with the story inside of the story.
4. Was this an easy work to read? Why or why not?
I believe it was easily read. There was no overly difficult language. If you did have to pause in the middle of the story it was easily picked up again without rereading sections a couple times.
5. In two or more sentences, explain your overall understanding of the theme of this work. Remember that a theme is an interpretive statement that describes what you consider to be the central meaning of the novel. (Note that a theme is NOT always a moral.)
I believe the theme of this work to be that love is powerful. Love, or a lack there of, can cause people to do strange things. You would do odd things to gain love, or to keep it. Without love is life worth living? There is also a message of the power of the rejection of a society.
6. Cite at least two specific passages in the book where the author seems to explain or describe the theme of the work. Maybe a character says something that reveals the theme; maybe the speaker or narrator of the work makes a revealing statement. Quote from the novel.
The creature demands a female to share sympathy and companionship with. I believe this is an outburst for love and interpreted as, If you don t love me, make me someone who will. After the monster discovers Frankstein dead he says that he will kill himself, perhaps because now he will have no companion and no one to love him.
7. What is your response to this work? Did you like what the author was trying to say or show? Would you recommend this work to a friend? Explain.
I do agree that love is a powerful force, but I don t know that love or a societal let-down can cause a person (or monster) to kill. I would recommend this if the friend had some extra time going to waste.
Другие работы по теме:
Frankenstein Essay Research Paper Philip HwangPer 1
Frankenstein Essay, Research Paper Philip Hwang Per 1 Mc Cracken 9/5/00 Summer Reading Drearier enough it all began with a choice to chose what was to be read this summer. Many book to select from, yet one with a magical tone to it caught my eye, Mary Shelley?s Frankenstein. Reading it gave a 2nd person point of view, interchanging with Dr.
Why Viewers Have Compassion For Frankenstein Essay
, Research Paper Because each person reacts to differences in different ways it is a difficult subject to explain. In my opinion the films “Frankenstein” and “Edward Scissorhands” both mirror how society as a whole reacts to differences.
God Makes All Things Good Man Meddles
? With Them And They Become Evil?. Show How Frankenstein Illus Essay, Research Paper Mary Shelley wrote the novel Frankenstein in the early part of the nineteenth century.? Frankenstein has been considered as possibly
Frankenstein 4 Essay Research Paper Throughout the
Frankenstein 4 Essay, Research Paper Throughout the course of Frankenstein, the acquisition of knowledge is one of the most important themes in the novel. In this classic Romantic Novel, knowledge comes in many forms and is used in many ways. Knowledge can be credited with saving someone s life, or it can be the justification for ending another s.
Frankenstein 2 Essay Research Paper Frankenstein
Frankenstein 2 Essay, Research Paper Frankenstein’s Creation and Rejection of the Creature As the reader reads farther into the story Frankenstein, the reader learns more about Victor Frankenstein and his creature that he hopes to create. The reader understands why he wants to create his creature and why after he creates it, he rejects it.
Frankenstein Reanimation Essay Research Paper Frankenstein ReanimationIn
Frankenstein: Reanimation Essay, Research Paper Frankenstein: Reanimation In the story Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, a mad scientist named Victor Frankenstein is intrested in natural philosophy. One day when Victor was fifteen, he saw lightning strike an oak tree, and blast the oak tree in half, leaving nothing but a stump in its place.
Frankenstein Themes Still Present In Today
’s Society Essay, Research Paper Many of the themes of Frankenstein relate to the life and times of today. Classics such as Frankenstein contain many of the qualities of a timeless book, because people today can still relate with the same issues and problems as the people during Frankenstein’s time. I believe the reason Frankenstein has remained a classic is because so many of the themes still relate to the times of today.
Frankenstein Essay Research Paper The theme of
Frankenstein Essay, Research Paper The theme of Mary Shelley s Frankenstein is when you play God it will always come back to plague you. Frankenstein is a creature created from dead flesh sewn together like a jigsaw puzzle of human parts. Victor Frankenstein is the mastermind behind the creation and becomes haunted with the unthinkable of what nature can produce.
Frankenstein Essay Research Paper Life is full
Frankenstein Essay, Research Paper Life is full of choices; however a ?right? choice made by one may seem barbaric to another. In Mary Shelly?s Frankenstein, Victor Frankenstein the protagonist, struggles in making a decision. He must determine which situation concerning himself, his family, and the world is morally correct.
Frankenstein Versus Prometheus Essay Research Paper Frankenstein
Frankenstein Versus Prometheus Essay, Research Paper Frankenstein Versus Prometheus What do a god and a crazy doctor have in common? Nothing right! Wrong! In the stories Prometheus and Frankenstein the protagonists are very alike in many ways. They both tried to play god, steal, and they both get punished for what they did.
Frankenstein Essay Research Paper Mary Shelley 192ppFrankenstein
Frankenstein Essay, Research Paper Mary Shelley 192pp. Frankenstein Copyright1957 Almat Publishing Pyramid Books The conflict in the story Frankenstein is self vs. another. Victor Frankenstein is a man interested in chemistry, who alters dead flesh therefore creating a superhuman being of rotted corpses.
FRANKY Essay Research Paper Main Theme Mary
FRANKY Essay, Research Paper Main Theme Mary Shelley’s novel, Frankenstein, gains increasing significance in the modern world with its relevant theme of “man playing God.” Creation
Frankenstein Essay Research Paper The story of
Frankenstein Essay, Research Paper The story of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley is about a man who createdsomething that messes with nature, and nature came back to mess with himbecause nature is more powerful than man. Victor Frankenstein was very interested in natural philosophy andchemistry and basically tried to play G-d by creating life.
Frankenstein Essay Research Paper Reading Response on
Frankenstein Essay, Research Paper Reading Response on Frankenstein When reading Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, I found myself having a hard time understanding it. I also found it hard to stay motivated to read it. I was really disturbed by the thought of bring someone back in the way Victor did. As being one of the people who’d lost a loved one, it was hard to imagine them coming back in the way the novel described.
Mary ShellyS Frankenstein Essay Research Paper The
Mary Shelly?S Frankenstein Essay, Research Paper The Monster’s Human Nature In the Christian religion, I was taught that if a man who has never heard or learned of God commits a sin, this man goes to hell. Who was there to tell this man that what he did was a sin and he is going to hell to pay for this? Because the Bible says God created us with the ability to reason, this man has to figure ut right and wrong on his own.
This Is An English Book Report On
“Frankenstein” Essay, Research Paper The story of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley is about a man who created something that messes with nature, and nature came back to mess with him
Comparison Of Mary Shelly
’s Frankenstein To Movies And TV Show’s Frankenstein Essay, Research Paper Comparison Of Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein to Movies and TV Show’s Frankenstein
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley 1797
– 1851) Essay, Research Paper Mary Shelley wrote this novel on a dare at the age of nineteen. While she and her husband (the renowned poet Percy Bysshe Shelley) were vacationing with Lord Byron and others in the Alps
Frankenstein NovelVideo Assignment Essay Research Paper FRANKENSTEINFrankenstein
Frankenstein Novel/Video Assignment Essay, Research Paper FRANKENSTEIN Frankenstein is a book about how mans’ attempt to become perfect/create perfection. In a religious perspective this is what will happen if you try to create life without GOD but in my perspective this is what will happen when you try to understand the unknown with an uneducated mind.
Frankenstien
–Playing God Essay, Research Paper The theme of Mary Shelley?s Frankenstein is when you play God it will always come back to plague you. Frankenstein is a creature created from dead flesh sewn together like a jigsaw puzzle of human parts. Victor Frankenstein is the mastermind behind the creation and becomes haunted with the unthinkable of what nature can produce.
Untitled Essay Research Paper FrankensteinFrankenstein
Untitled Essay, Research Paper FrankensteinFrankenstein Morality. It has been questioned by people, honored by people and revered since the beginning of time. Yet even today not one person can say what is morally right. It is a matter of opinion. It was Dr.Victor Frankenstein’s opinion that it was alright to create a “monster”.
Mary Shelleys Frankenstein Essay Research Paper Mary
Mary Shelleys Frankenstein Essay, Research Paper Mary Shelly`s Frankenstein The story of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley is about a man who created something that messes with nature, and nature came back to mess with him because nature is more powerful than man. Victor Frankenstein was very interested in natural philosophy and chemistry and basically tried to play Gud by creating life.
The Real Monster Victor Frankenstein Essay
, Research Paper The Real Monster, victor frankenstein Mary Shelley s narrative, Frankenstein is the story of Victor Frankenstein and his creation. It was on a dreary night of November that I beheld the accomplishment of my toils by the glimmer of the half-extinguished light I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open; it breathed hard, and a convulsive motion agitated its limbs.(52) This was the time and the place in which the creature came to life.
Frankenstein Essay Research Paper FRANKENSTEINMary Shellys Frankenstein
Frankenstein Essay, Research Paper FRANKENSTEIN Mary Shelly?s Frankenstein, directed by Francis Ford Copola, is a movie about a creature named Frankenstein that is created from various body parts. The creature turns into a monster when the creator, Dr. Frankenstein, rejects him. The director guides us through the story of Frankenstein?s quest for knowledge, and his creatures search for his “father”.
Evolution Of Frankenstein Essay Research Paper Frankenstein
Evolution Of Frankenstein Essay, Research Paper Frankenstein s Evolution In the novel, Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, the major character, Victor Frankenstein, evolves synonymously with the character of his monster. The evolution of Victor from a man of good to a man of evil leads to his isolation and eventual destruction.
Analysis Of Frankenstien Essay Research Paper Who
Analysis Of Frankenstien Essay, Research Paper Who Is The Real Monster Through out the novel we are under the assumption that the demon in the novel is the man who is disfigured and hideous on the outside. While we view Victor Frankenstein as the handsome and caring victim, even though sometimes a monster can not be seen but heard.
Human Nature Essay Research Paper Shawn Gullberg
Human Nature Essay, Research Paper Shawn Gullberg Dr. Katz 4-01-01 Human Nature Man is constantly attempting to be better, faster, stronger, and smarter. This has been occurring for many years and has become human nature to strive forward and advance. It is uncommon for an individual to be reasonable and make the decision to stay within his limits.