this semester, but Sir Isaac Newton: The Gravity of Genius and Frankenstein are the two films that I enjoyed most. The movie Frankenstein is originally written about an eccentric scientist who generates a monstrous creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment. Rather than focusing on the scientist of the story or even Frankenstein himself, I chose to compare the author Mary Shelley with Isaac Newton. These two souls stood out to me the most considering their noteworthy talent. Watching and learning
The Influential Era Bram Stoker wrote the ground-shaking classic and gothic horror, Dracula, during the momentous Victorian Era. The Victorian Era was a time period of strict gender roles and a life regulated by vigorous religion. Women had specific duties that they had to do in order to be accepted into society, such as being pure, serving her husband, and raising children. People in this time period were also required to have an immensely close relationship with God and follow Christianity’s every
The author talks about the book being one of the best Gothic Romance in the 20th Century. The author also mentions the mysterious ending of the novel that leaves readers on the edge of their seats, asking what happens next? Christensen mentions that she would suggest this novel to anyone “who loves a great
Monsters are abstract, sinister looking creatures bringing horror and insecurity in movies, and fictional stories. “Monsters", can be defined to be a reality or merely fragments of one's imagination. A monster can be subjective, always depending on what society deems to be monstrous. However, a monster does share a common characteristic, that they are the essence that bring fear and immorality to the innocent and unprepared victims of reality. They can be very real. Serial killers, rapists, and
differences but one key element that is common to every country is what we refer to as culture. Culture has been described by various anthropologists in different ways but with common elements that have peculiarity to every definition given. There are two of such anthropologists (Kroeber and Kluckhohn, 1974) they critically reviewed concepts and definitions of culture and compiled a list of 164 different definitions. They defined culture as consisting of patterns implicit and explicit of and for behaviour