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… the creature in 'Frankentein' was himself the only monster. However, as we soon realise, the creature is benevolent at heart and only becomes monstrous due to the unjust way in which society treats him. The bleak, miserable world which Shelley portrays,…

… first time that we meet Lucifer, Mephastophilis' master, the hoarder of the damned souls. Faustus is selling his soul to be more powerful as God, yet he refers to God many times, such as when he speaks of being stronger than God in powers, but having…

… appearance of an intelligent man; he comes from a background of developed schooling and has achieved much in his life, with his profession as a Doctor. At first he makes us believe that he wants to sell his soul to the devil in order to be able to…

… presents a horrifying view of a future in which society has become imprisoned by the very technology it believed would bring freedom. Huxley's distortion of technology, religion, and family values in Brave New World is far more persuading than his…

… He is either a helpless victim whose crime is predestined, will is bound and driven by ineluctable forces to commit evil; or he is already tainted, corrupted with pride and has sold his soul to the devil. Which of the possibilities do you…

… war captains. Upon returning from a battle with the rebellious Thane of Cawdor, Macbeth and Banquo encounter three witches. A prophecy is given to them: Macbeth is hailed as Thane of Glamis, Thane of Cawdor, and King; Banquo is hailed as the…

… Very Old Man with Enormous Wings" is a short story that fuses together magical and realistic elements. In an interview, Marquez explains the influences and origins of this unique style of writing. The story (not surprisingly) is about an old man…

… when women were supposed to have the characteristics of chastity, silence and obedience. A major theme of the play is jealousy, which the three women in the play Desdemona, Emilia and Bianca contribute to. Focus is put on the role of the husband's…

… to be just another novel, waiting to be read by the average reader, sitting on some remote bookshelf. This narrow-mindedness will be out of the mind of the reader when he turns past the first page; this novel is anything but conventional. Some characters…

… Petrarch are connected forever in the literary realm, though the men themselves lived centuries apart. The sonnet form prestigiously employed by William Shakespeare, as well as the famous poet-lover dilemma that most of his sonnets regard, came…