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…romance are both descendants of the Gothic romance, as transmuted through such masterworks as Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre and her sister Emily's Wuthering Heights. Another classic Gothic work, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, is often cited as a forerunner…

…at all, may be bridged. According to Forest Pyle, the film is to an extent a reworking of Frankenstein, in so far as it features something that is on the surface human (the terminator’s endoskeleton is surrounded by living tissue), yet is without a doubt…

…, 1949. Forecasted by America's NBC radio, the striking announcement of the bombing of Hiroshima warned citizens, "For all we know, we have created a Frankenstein." The nuclear arms endeavor undeniably consumed monstrous amounts of natural and public…

…selection with survival of the fittest results in slow mutative changes, which are usually beneficial. I hope the genetic engineers think of an individual and don’t turn him into a freak by endowing some features which they think are beneficial. Even Frankenstein…

…deal with them." Joe is employed as a Sheriff's deputy, serving his apprenticeship as a prison guard: "My first two years I got my fill of 'shitface,' 'acidhead,' 'Frankenstein.' I never cracked, showed my anger or lost my manners. I just learned…

…Brazil, man can only screw-up any attempt at creation. Just ask Dr. Frankenstein. Who knows what kind of mutations cloning would breed. Biologically would a clone evolve faster, slower? Would it affectively wipe out gene diversity making humans susectable…

…, Edward has a hidden talent: his topiary. Edward is quite like Frankenstein. In some ways 'Edward Scissorhands' follows the storylines of other popular films and plays, 'Romeo and Juliet', 'Beauty and the Beast', 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame' and 'Sleeping…

…Explore how Victorian writers use character and setting to create suspense Ghost stories were very popular in 18th and 19th century Britain, when horror classics such as Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Bram Stoker's Dracula were first written…

…, to the monster in Frankenstein. However, towards the end of the movie, he is wheeled in a wheelchair into an isolated room, where he has sex with a strumpet. As he sits in the wheelchair, he is ill, malignant to society, a cancer who has been successfully removed…

…the novel 'Frankenstein's monster' was written by Mary Shelly. The possibility that a human like robot creature could be created was a very disturbing thought. So, using this feeling Stevenson makes them wonder whether Hyde could be devoid of any emotions - which…