... the limits of science intriguing. What I was curios about, regards to Frankenstein and the Web, was how the novel changed (at least for me) based on its physical transformation from book to hypertext. Two main versions of the novel appear on the web, one in an etext form, and another in a hypertextual shape. However, neither version fulfilled my expectations of what ... through until the end. I preferred this approach. What results did I actually find in my analysis of Frankenstein as a bound novel as compared to a web page? First off, when I read the book 3 years ago, I found myself im...

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... is used in the opening chapters in order to foreshadow the symbolic representation of nature, both assertive and destructive, used in repetition throughout the book. In the opening of the story, there are pleasurable experiences that weather constantly brings. In the beginning of Robert's journey, Robert writes in ... journeys and adventures, the first few chapters of Frankenstein also show the obstructive behavior of weather that would be used symbolically further in the book. Within chapter one, the inventor describes the relation of Beaufort and Caroline. He demonstrates that Beaufort...

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... three pieces of evidence to explain how and why. Have you ever been rejected from a group or a community because you had been different? This has been the case in the book Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. There had been a monster or wretch created by a scientist named Victor Frankenstein who had not been accepted and hurt by societies of people who thought of ... by the crowds and are banned for the reason of being different. This is the case of the wretch; he first broke the "standard" when he entered that town. In chapter 11 the wretch states, "One of the best of these I entered, but I h...

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... , will I achieve; treading in steps already marked, I will pioneer a new way, explore unknown powers, and unfold to the world the deepest mysteries of creation." Page 33 Victor says this in Chapter 3 as he is explaining to Walton how his chemistry professor, M. Waldman, ignited in him an irrepressible desire to gain knowledge of the "secret of life." Victor refers to himself in ... 's relationship with his creator. Yet at the same time, many questioned these humanist notions, stressing the limits of human capacity. Shelley details this theme in her book, making an allusion to the counter-...

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... the novel. Since Walton is both Frankenstein's audience and his student, we may infer that we, too, are meant to learn something from the tale of Frankenstein. A number of the book's central themes are introduced here. Walton's intense ambition to discover the unknown (to the point that he would sacrifice his life and the lives of his men at sea) indicates ... predisposition to secrecy plays an essential role in Victor's scientific work and its consequences. The question of the place of chance and destiny in Victor's fate also arises in this chapter. Victor "chances" upon the volume of ...

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... to let go of his creation proving that playing god will unconsciously blind the consequences of his actions. Victor makes the most "memorable" decision in the first chapter of the book by choosing his "future destiny" (pg.63) in leaving his loving family in Geneva to go study alchemy, natural philosophy and rudimentary physics. "No human being ... ...

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... sense of responsibility and maturity to realize that dealing with eternal life is wrong. He then forces the creature to have a similar childhood which ends in destruction. In the first chapter, Victor Frankenstein recalls his childhood. His mother was significantly younger than his father, and they were very much in love. He was an only child until he was five years ... is left to his own devices without much direction from his parents, which is shown when Victor recalls his father "looking carelessly at the title page"(20) when he discovered a book by Cornelius Grippe about alchemy. Vi...

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... sense of responsibility and maturity to realize that dealing with eternal life is wrong. He then forces the creature to have a similar childhood which ends in destruction. In the first chapter, Victor Frankenstein recalls his childhood. His mother was significantly younger than his father, and they were very much in love. He was an only child until he was five years ... is left to his own devices without much direction from his parents, which is shown when Victor recalls his father "looking carelessly at the title page"(20) when he discovered a book by Cornelius Grippe about alchemy. Vi...

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