... Prometheus is a gothic science-fiction novel told through the letters of Robert Walton, who, in his letters, quotes Victor Frankenstein's first-person narrative at length; Victor, in turn, quotes the monster's first-person narrative; in addition, the lesser characters Elizabeth Lavenza and Alphonse Frankenstein narrate parts of ... was dark when I awoke; I felt cold also, and half frightened, as it were, instinctively, finding myself so desolate. Before I had quitted your apartment, on a sensation of cold, I had covered myself with some clothes, but these were insufficient to secure me ...

• Word Count: 1963
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

... into a much more harsh vision of reality. In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, the title character seeks to recreate the act of creation by making a human being on his own, which becomes known as "The Monster." Yet, was the Monster truly a monster or instead the updated, post Eden operate? If man was created ... ignorance composed of harmless speculation, but has also alienated himself from the rest of humanity. His last words to Walton, 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 form...

• Word Count: 1399
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School