During the time that Frankenstein was written (1818), Romanticism was the dominant literary period, and much of the Romantic philosophy can be seen in Mary Shelley's novel. ... Thérese Raquin (1868) was written by Émile Zola during the Naturalist literary period. ... He put characters of different behaviors and values together and described how they acted together. ... Pursuing knowledge is not dangerous, but using this knowledge to do things that a human should not be doing is dangerous. ... People worked in cities, and it was important to have it set like this in order...

• Word Count: 1913
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Shelley, after experiencing the deaths of her family members as well as new discoveries in science and technology, expressed how modern society influences the creature's establishment in her novel Frankenstein. In Frankenstein, most of the deaths and murders relate to the deaths in Shelley's life. ... As Safie, a beautiful woman who visits Felix, learns the language of the cottagers, so does the monster. ... All of the deaths in the novel shatter Victor, and leave him in a period of depression and sadness. ... Darwin investigated the aspects of the problem as how organisms pass thr...

• Word Count: 2436
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School