Monthly Archives: November 2015

Frontispiece to Frankenstein (1831 edition) From the Wikipedia entry on Frankenstein: Part of Frankenstein’s rejection of his creation is the fact that he does not give it a name, which causes a lack of identity. Instead it is referred to by words … Continue reading →

Depiction of Satan (1866) by Gustave Doré Paradise Lost is an epic poem in blank verse by the 17th-century English poet John Milton (1608–1674). The first version, published in 1667, consisted of ten books with over ten thousand lines of … Continue reading →

King Lear is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare. It depicts the gradual descent into madness of the title character, after he disposes of his kingdom giving bequests to two of his three daughters based on their flattery of him, … Continue reading →