Percy Grainger

Forgive Us Our Trespasses Myth. Murder. Monster. Mariner. Two pieces of literature, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Frankenstein, are vastly different, yet their profound message is one and the same. Each piece tells its own sinful, supernatural tale. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner relates the ghostly misfortunes bestowed upon a cursed man. In Frankenstein, Victor assessed his skills with the ultimate task of creating life, non-traditionally. As the two pieces stray from each other

Similarities Between Frankenstein And His Monster. The unique structure and narratives of frankenstein determined what we can approach characteristics of main character in the book through various perspectives from different narrators. By developing her story through epistolaries, Mary Shelley employs a lot of parallels to demonstrate similarities between different narrators. Especially from the second volume of Frankenstein, in which the monster begins to narrate his own story, we can easily derive

Humans are known for bestowing their judgment irrationally and based on the “book cover” of a person, they may degrade their fellow human into the worst positions of the social ladder. Mary Shelley, in her novel Frankenstein, expands on this perspective by using mood and tone to parallel with the circumstances of an event occurring in her novel with shifts throughout the context of the book, symbolized by the changes in nature and seasons. This shift is made frequently between the agonized, desperate

In the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, it is up to the readers to decide whether or not the characters are insane, and if they are, should it excuse some of their actions. Insanity is the state of being extremely ill and a danger of insanity is impaired judgement. Some factors that lead to insanity amongst the characters like the creature and Victor are the broken relationship between the creature and Victor, the loss of loved ones, and both characters make themselves insane with their thoughts

Frankenstein was published in 1818 around the peak of the romantic era that originated in the late 18th century. Because of this many romantic concepts and ideals are within the novel Frankenstein. One such romantic ideal that is very prominent within the novel is the concept of supernatural elements. The book is almost entirely based on the concept that the supernatural is natural. Especially when referring to the creature, “Paradise Lost”, and Victor. Frankenstein is defined by supernatural elements

Twelve Angry Men presents the pessimistic view that all humans are flawed. Pessimistic- cynical, distrustful, negative, doubtful, suspicious, unenthusiastic Flawed- imperfections, weak, faulty, unlawful, inaccurate, fallacious, unfair Notes Weaknesses of the Jurors Foreman goes with the majority vote rather than independently forming his own judgement Juror 10 stereotypes all immigrants. Offensive remarks eventually lead to the other jurors turning their backs on him and he finally reflects

writers emphasized emotion and individualism along with the glorification of nature, while also focusing on the more classical side of things rather than medieval throughout their work. () Writers such as Mary Shelley; the writer of Frankenstein, Percy B Shelley; author of “Ozymandias” , and Edgar Allan Poe; author of “Annabel Lee” glorified nature and exhibited passion throughout their works. Mary Shelley; author of Frankenstein brought about the importance of the balance between humanism and nature

Shelley uses nature as a restorative agent for Victor Frankenstein. While he seems to be overcome with grief by the murders of his friends and family, he repeatedly shuns humanity and seeks nature for health, relaxation and to strengthen his spirits. Even in the early chapters of Frankenstein, Shelley uses natural metaphors to describe Victor’s childhood: I feel pleasure in dwelling on the recollections of childhood, before misfortune had tainted my mind, and changed its bright visions of extensive

Sonali Garg In France, the late 16th and early 17th century was marked for fighting in wars involved with northern Italy. This interaction ended up bringing art styles back to France from Italy. The Italian Renaissance is known for having a strong influence on French art. This originated when Charles VIII returned from Naples accompanied by several Italian artists. Three kings had a great influence in French Renaissance expression, Francois I, Henry II and Louis VIII. The culture in France during

Ada Lovelace – born Augusta Ada King-Noel, Countess of Lovelace in 1815 – is widely considered to the world’s first programmer. Being the daughter of the famous poet Lord Byron and Lady Byron, Ada Lovelace was afforded the ability to study math and science from a young age. This was a rare affordance, even for women from aristocratic families. At 17, Ada met another famous figure of computer science, Charles Babbage, who helped shape the work she would do. Unfortunately, Ada spent much of her life