FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
MARY SHELLEY
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Pinocchio, L’ultim home
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L’ultim home, Frankenstein
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Pinocchio, Snow White
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The last home, Dracula
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Detailed explanation-1: -Frankenstein is simultaneously the first science-fiction novel, a Gothic horror, a tragic romance and a parable all sewn into one towering body. Its two central tragedies – one of overreaching and the dangers of ‘playing God’, the other of parental abandonment and societal rejection – are as relevant today as ever.
Detailed explanation-2: -Published in 1818, Frankenstein was a success and became so popular that the character of Frankenstein’s monster became a well-known image even in the 1800s.
Detailed explanation-3: -The monster reads Milton’s Paradise Lost, portions of Plutarch’s Lives, and Goethe’s Sorrows of Young Werther. While many critics examine the texts in terms of their relation to different Romantic literary movements, I am more concerned with the effects of these texts on the monster himself.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Monster learns to read when he finds three books abandoned on the ground: Paradise Lost, Plutarch’s Lives and The Sorrows of Werter. These books point to major themes of the novel.