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Animation and the Uncanny Valley- Max, Kat, and Imani
Animation has progressed in such a way that CGI is coming closer and closer to human-like depictions without actually using live actors. As animation in not only film and video games comes closer to reality, there becomes a closer gravitation … Continue reading
Frankenstein’s Neglection of his Alterego
I propose that Victor Frankenstein’s rejection of his alter ego, embodied in the creature which he created, resulted in his own demise. In abandoning his creation, he also abandoned all hope for personal progression and instead was diminished to a … Continue reading
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Illness and Health: physical and metaphysical constructions of humanity
In Frankenstein, Shelley highlights the characters’ physicality in order to create tension around typical conceptions of life and human-ness. Underscoring the monster’s emotional and intellectual advancements, Shelley also focuses on his physical state in portraying his superhuman vitality – she … Continue reading
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The Consequences of the Creator
One thing that I saw as a potential link between Asimov’s Robot Dreams and Shelley’s Frankenstein was the startling reluctance, or even fear, to confront the weighty mantle of responsibility that comes with creation. With Robot Dreams, the scientists were … Continue reading
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The Implications of Shelly’s “Frankenstein” on Human Nature and Government
Our author, Mary Shelley, and her mother Mary Wollstonecraft—best known for publishing one of the first feminist treatises, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman—lived during a period of incredible political transformation and thought, as some of Europe’s most powerful … Continue reading
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The Consequences of Vanity
As Frankenstein focused on the attractive nature of his creature’s appearance when he was forming him, the creature adopted the ideal of perfection in physical appearance when he noticed that others were repulsed by his physical being. Frankenstein’s own vanity … Continue reading
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The Blurred Binary of Man vs. Beast
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein delves into the dichotomies between human vs. non-human, and between man vs. beast, and underscores the instability of these binaries. As far as aesthetics are concerned, Frankenstein represents the human side of these dichotomies, while his creation … Continue reading
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Emotional Understanding: Brains vs. AI
In both Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and Isaac Asimov’s “Robot Dreams,” an unnatural being is created by scientists to simulate human intelligence and behavior. However, because the monster in Frankenstein possesses a human brain and Elvex in “Robot Dreams” possesses an … Continue reading
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Comment for Luke Chapman’s Post
I wanted to respond to Luke’s post but was having issues through the website so I am posting it here. I think this is an excellent question and one that there is no definitive answer to. The problem with this … Continue reading
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The Modern Prometheus: The Morality of Creating Life
In Hellenic tradition, Prometheus is a titan who stole fire from the Olympian Gods and gave it to mankind, beginning the ascent of man to culture. Zeus, enraged that Prometheus would dare give humanity an element exclusive to the Gods, … Continue reading
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