... its creator; the application of science leading to unintended dire consequences. An influential zeitgeist text in time, the idea of Galvanism to create life is explored, "that I might infuse a spark of being into the lifeless thing" Shelley incorporates elements of Romanticism and Gothicism through Victor's characterisation and to describe the naturally sublime's power, "The sun is yet high ... a catalyst for disaster, "demonical corpse to which I had so miserably given life", questioning the morality of science tampering with nature by exploring the human experience, "extinguish the sp...

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• Grade Level: Graduate