... human condition. Therefore power is a theme for any book about humans. Shelley, Morrison, and Roy write of the dangers of power in their works Frankenstein, Beloved, and The God of Small Things, respectively. In Frankenstein, Shelley portrays the power to create. The main character, Victor Frankenstein is a devote scientist. He ... Victor Frankenstein looses all his dear ones, and it is all his fault. In Frankenstein, power only reveals one of its many faces. Morrison depicts in Beloved the power a mother has over her children and the power of a daughter to avenge her death. Sethe was ...

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... killer, but will not speak up. He fears that then people will know his experiment truly failed. Next, is Victor's long time friend, Harry, and finally the creature kills Victor's beloved Elizabeth. Each time the monster murdered, Victor fell ill. Possibly Victor felt a subconscious guilt for what the monster he created had done. Still, the monster's harsh revenge was his way ... ...

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... own life. On her deathbed, Victor's mom says, "Elizabeth, my love, you must supply my place to my younger children. Alas! I regret that I am taken from you; and, happy and beloved as I have been, is it not hard . . . a hope of meeting you in another world" (42). Elizabeth is expected to fill in as the role of the mother by taking care ... ...

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... your wedding night" (161). The creature foreshadows the events that occur on Victors wedding night. Victor states: "The prospect [does] not move me to fear; yet when I [think] of my beloved Elizabeth . . . tears . . . [stream] from my eyes" (161). On his wedding night, Victor hears a "shrill and dreadful scream" (168). Victor goes into the room and finds his wife's lifeless body draped ... ...

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... , the sailor that finds him on an ice floe, reflect this awareness of a loss of innocence and a separation from the pale of humanity when he states: "The forms of the beloved death flit before me, and I hasten to their arms. Farewell, Walton! Seek happiness in tranquillity, and avoid ambition, even if it be only the apparently innocent one of distinguishing yourself ... ...

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... , happiness dawns once again on Frankenstein's life. He begins to see the light again, until eventually, inevitably his previous actions creep back upon him, sickening his heart and destroying his beloved. After the birth of the monster, his character is developed solely through the eyes of Frankenstein. For much of the middle section, the monsters characterisation is not developed much at ... ...

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... and rejected. As a result from the rejection, the creature develops hatred towards mankind. What originally started out as an inspired science experiment ends in tragedy with the death of Victor's beloved wife, a sad ending undeserved by anyone. ...

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