Frankenstein
When I was younger I went through a phase where I only read old British and American classics. While I read most of them somehow Frankenstein managed to slip through the cracks. Perhaps it was because I wasnt sure what … Continue reading →
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Thoughts on Frankenstein
Before having read this story, my only mental image of Frankenstein was a green monster who yelled unintelligibly and chased people around. But clearly the story has more much to it. It is interesting to look at this book and … Continue reading → Continue reading →
Frankenstein and Adam
Frankenstein has always been one of my favorite books. I like reading ominous messages about society, and I like reading books where you are reading the actual story only partly, but it feels like there is a far bigger subtext … Continue reading → Continue reading →
Mary Shelley, Frankenstein
Video of lecture by Kevin McNeilly for the “Monster in the Mirror” theme
Frankenstein
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley was a better read than the first time round. When I was in grade 11 I feel that I wanted to dislike the book to prove the point that Romantic literature is boring. Needless to say now that I am not the biggest fan of Romantic […]
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Discourse on Inequality
Video of lecture by Brandon Konoval for the “Explorations and Encounters” theme
Being a hermit?
Oh Rousseau, so poetic but almost to a fault. Throughout reading his discourse my opinion on his ideas changed between agreement and confusion at his claims. His statements on evolution morph between questions to statements that are incredulous to me. … Continue reading → Continue reading →
Frankenstein the Monstrous God? his Monster and Society: The Distorted Mirror
I have to say, Frankenstein was quite depressing. Over the years, I’ve watched many adaptations, read many different versions, but the original story, while extraneously wordy at times was very depressing. I found myself sympathizing with the monster at times … Continue reading → Continue reading →
Frankenstein
Frankensteinis one of those books that really just tugs at my heartstrings. It truly makes me upset reading it, almost to the point of tears. I read this a while back, and rereading it left me with the same emotions… The reason I say this, is because the tale of the monster just is so […] Continue reading →
Frankenstein
So…I had a nice conspiracy theory blog that I was just about to upload, then my laptop went and crashed on me, resulting in the complete loss of said blog, and rather than rewrite the damn thing, I decided to take a book analysis I did in high school (for this book, of course) and […]
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