Frankenstein: or The Modern PrometheusShelley's suspenseful and intellectually rich gothic tale confronts some of the most important and enduring themes in all of literture—the power of human imagination, the potential hubris of science, the gulf between appearance and essence, the effects of human cruelty, the desire for revenge and the need for forgiveness, and much more. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more. |
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... creature; but there are clues to what Mary Shelley had in mind. In her Introduction she recalls the talk about Erasmus Darwin, who had 'preserved a piece of vermicelli in a glass case, till by some extraordinary means it began to move ...
... creature; but there are clues to what Mary Shelley had in mind. In her Introduction she recalls the talk about Erasmus Darwin, who had 'preserved a piece of vermicelli in a glass case, till by some extraordinary means it began to move ...
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... creature; I ought to be thy Adam; but I am rather the fallen angel, whom thou drivest from joy for no misdeed. Every where I see bliss, from which I alone am irrevocably excluded. I was benevolent and good; misery made me a fiend. Make ...
... creature; I ought to be thy Adam; but I am rather the fallen angel, whom thou drivest from joy for no misdeed. Every where I see bliss, from which I alone am irrevocably excluded. I was benevolent and good; misery made me a fiend. Make ...
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... creature that the monster finally becomes a fallen angel, a Satan bent on mischief, as he acknowledges at the end, over the dead body of Frankenstein. 'Evil thenceforth became my good'. he says, again recalling Milton; '... the fallen ...
... creature that the monster finally becomes a fallen angel, a Satan bent on mischief, as he acknowledges at the end, over the dead body of Frankenstein. 'Evil thenceforth became my good'. he says, again recalling Milton; '... the fallen ...
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... creature, has taken on the role and burden of a creator. If Frankenstein corrupts the monster by his rejection, which is good Godwinism so far, we are left asking a question which demands another kind of answer: what has rejected and ...
... creature, has taken on the role and burden of a creator. If Frankenstein corrupts the monster by his rejection, which is good Godwinism so far, we are left asking a question which demands another kind of answer: what has rejected and ...
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... creatures of my fancy. I wrote then—but in a most common-place style. It was beneath the trees of the grounds belonging to our house, or on the bleak sides of the woodless mountains near, that my true compositions, the airy flights of ...
... creatures of my fancy. I wrote then—but in a most common-place style. It was beneath the trees of the grounds belonging to our house, or on the bleak sides of the woodless mountains near, that my true compositions, the airy flights of ...
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affection appeared arrived beauty became become believe called cause child Clerval companion continued conversation cottage countenance creature dark dear death delight desire despair destroyed discovered dream earth Elizabeth endeavoured endured entered existence expressed eyes father fear feelings Felix felt fire followed Frankenstein Geneva gentle give hands happiness heard heart heavens hope horror human idea imagination Italy journey Justine kind lake leave letter light lived looked lost manner Mary means mind miserable monster months morning mountains murderer nature nearly never night opened passed peace perceived pleasure poor possessed present Prometheus promise pursue quitted reflect remained resolved rest scene seemed sensations Shelley sometimes soon soul sound spirit story strange suffered tale tears thing thought turned visited voice wind wish wonder wood wretched