He has been so focused on the necessary step-by-step process that his entire being has become wrapped up in the tedious and minutely detailed 'discovery' of what has been the 'study and desire of the wisest men since the creation of the world'. The Continue Reading...
Thus Shelley's novel provides a third solution of sorts, an acknowledgement of the imperfect and estranged nature of humanity that is not comforting, but seems more realistic to modern readers, perhaps, as the monster seems like a modern anti-hero, Continue Reading...
It is no surprise that this phenomenon shows up in her novel and that it symbolized evil. Lightening has been a dramatic voice from heaven in many works and the romantic poets thought it to be a revelation signaling dramatic change. Clubbe thinks ev Continue Reading...
