Frankenstein Close Reading
In Frankenstein, lighting and electricity are a reoccurring motifs that demonstrates the dangerous side of nature or science. The first mentioning of lighting occurs at the end of chapter two. Victor Frankenstein witnesses a ” most violent and terrible thunder-storm……
Frankenstein: Close Reading Post # 2
In the opening passage of chapter nine of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus, Victor expresses his innermost feelings of deep sorrow and guilt following Justine’s undeserving execution. On the night of his arrival in Geneva, Victor had begun…
Frankenstein Close Reading Post
Throughout Frankenstein, Shelley frequently uses storms in order to foreshadow upcoming events, to reflect how her characters are feeling, and to manipulate the characters into actions they might not have taken otherwise. The first storm happens on page 36. The…
First Close Reading Post
In “The Shocking Story of Approved Killing in Mississippi,” Huie primarily offers the bare facts of the murder of Emmet Till with more careful attention given to vital components such as the weapons utilized, locations visited, and timing within the…