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The thesis of the text is that Mary Shelley incorporated aspects of her own life into the novel Frankenstein. Introduction A.Who was Mary Shelley B.When Frankenstein was foremost published C.What was Frankenstein about D.Thesis statement I. Mary Shelley A.Birth/Death B.Parents C.Parents background II. Percy and Their Marriage A. Dates B.Relationship C.Children D.Deaths III. Frankenstein A.Why/How…

In his famous work Utopia, Sir Thomas More describes the society and culture of an imaginary island on which all social ills have been cured. As in Plato’s Republic, a work from which More drew while writing Utopia, More’s work presents his ideas through a dialogue between two characters, Raphael Hythloday and More himself. Hythloday…

Like ‘moonbeam’ compared to ‘lightning’ or as different as ‘frost’ is to ‘fire’, Heathcliff and Edgar Linton signify the stark contrast between nature and civilisation. When Catherine Earnshaw says to Nelly ‘Heathcliff is more myself than I am’ she is referring to their natures, the natural inclination that they both have. It is this similarity,…

Have you ever just wanted to kill your mother? Ever wondered about how you would get away with it or if you would be justified? Well is this the greek tragedy for you! Aeschylus challenges the definition of moral justice and the “eye for an eye” philosophy in his work by giving every character subjective…

How does Shakespeare retain a degree of sympathy for Macbeth through to the end of the play? “Not in the legions Of horrid hell can come a devil more damn’d In Evils to top Macbeth” If a play is to function as a tragedy, we, the audience, should feel a certain degree of sympathy for…

The film Dangerous Liaison, directed by Stephen Frears remains just about faithful to the epistolary novel, Dangerous Liaisons, by Choderlos de Laclos. Stephen Frears does “betray” the novel towards the end of the film but, it makes the ending that much more better and enticing. The film represents what the epistolary novel only hints at…

  “How did they ever make a movie of Lolita?” was the tagline to 1962 film version of Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita, directed by Stanley Kubrick.  This particular novel was steeped in controversy since the day it was published.  Often regarded as pornography and it has been on and off the banned book list for decades.  …

The color yellow is a very significant part of Rata Dove’s “Thomas and Bellay. ” Just simply the sights of the various ways the color yellow is used throughout poems like “Courtship” and “Taking in Wash” and also with the second section title “Canary in Bloom” can completely change the tone and setting of the…

The greater a man’s talents, the greater his power to lead astray’ Haley page 22. -discuss the irony the brave new world people believe that everyone belongs to someone else. They are born with different caste and appointed jobs. They do not have to or cannot think and worry about anything, because the controllers need…

The controversial works and lifestyle of George Gordon, Lord Byron have long been a topic of discussion. Byron, born with a clubfoot, was deeply affected by his physical condition, which influenced his life and writings. Despite being an attractive child, he had fragile self-esteem and was highly sensitive to criticism, both of himself and his…