Jonathan Venkenhein
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4 days ago · The theme of knowledge as a dangerous pursuit in Frankenstein is illustrated by Victor Frankenstein's obsessive quest to uncover the secrets of life, which...
3 days ago · The Cycle of Othering and Violence "Frankenstein" presents a cyclical pattern of othering and violence. The creature, initially driven by a desire for companionship, becomes vengeful after repeated rejections. His acts of violence are responses to the hostility he faces, perpetuating the cycle of othering. Each violent act further alienates him ...
1 day ago · (1827) features standard Gothic motifs, characters, and plot, but with one significant twist; it is set in the twenty-second century and speculates on fantastic scientific developments that might have occurred three hundred years in the future, making it and Frankenstein among the earliest examples of the science fiction genre developing from ...
5 days ago · 'Frankenstein's monster can be educated as a human being only if society is willing to accept him as such. Otherwise, he can be educated only to know the full extent of his exclusion, denied social identity by the very society he longs to join'.
7 hours ago · In his seminal work on queer theory and the horror film, Harry Benshoff defines queer theory in a broad sense as an attempt to move beyond “all such categories based on the concepts of normative heterosexuality and traditional gender roles to encompass a more inclusive, amorphous, and ambiguous contra-heterosexuality” (Benshoff, 1997, p. 5).
3 days ago · But while some may simply know her as the woman who wrote 'Frankenstein', there's much more to her story. Curious? Click on for some fascinating facts about Mary Shelley.
7 hours ago · Based on what both writers of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein have said, Branagh's finished film totally rejected the spirit, mood, and feeling of the script. " There’s a weird doppelgänger effect ...
