... was able to create comparisons between her own research into modern self-representation and self-image and the subjects of Gothic Literature. Croke's piece incorporates the Gothic, and in particular themes of the grotesque and the monstrous body through her use of human decay. The Grotesque in this sense refers to bodies becoming, "spectacle, provoking disgust, modified, reconstructed and ... : "It is the monster, not his creator, with whom 20th century and 21st century subjects align themselvesin a world in which science and technology seem increasingly opaque to ordinary individuals, ...

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... interest in this theme while at Oxford. A friend of his, Jefferson Hogg, describes Percy Shelley's early experiments with galvanism, which solidly makes the link between Mary's husband and Victor Frankenstein: Percy Shelley proceeded, with much eagerness and enthusiasm, to show me the various instruments, especially the electrical apparatus; turning round the handle very rapidly, so that the fierce, crackling sparks ... flew forth; and presently standing on the stool with glass feet, he begged me to work the machine until he was filled with the fluid [ ].(Hindle, "introduction-, Frankens...

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... elements of Bran Stoker's Dracula, though other texts in the show can be identified, such as Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. Buffy deals with the common thematic preoccupations of the gothic genre and particularly explores themes such as Christianity and feminism, along with other characteristic themes of the gothic genre. Buffy the Vampire Slayer appropriates the gothic genre through the use of archetypal characters, the ... to the Biblical story of Adam and Eve, where Adam is created by God, yet this Adam is created by people and is evil. It is influenced by Mary Shelley's Frankenstein w...

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