Critical Essays Examples

Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin was raised in a very religious family which influenced her writing style (History.com Staff). Mark Twain, author of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, was skeptical of religion and portrayed that in his book through the character Huckleberry Finn...

Between the two novels, the characters Jane Eyre and Huckleberry Finn share some relations along both paths of their life. Jane Eyre and Huckleberry Finn are aware of what it feels to have no support or love from one’s family members. Both teenagers gained nothing...

I think we can all agree that heavy censorship as in Fahrenheit 451 is bad and not a society we want to live in. We see that when most individuals are limited in this way it brings not just themselves down, but the whole society...

When man started to manipulate nature two centuries ago, Mary Shelley produced a story of the horrifying implications. In this story, Shelley created terrifying consequences together with creating life and playing God by a young scientist. The scientist, Frankenstein, made the monster, only to remain...

In the novel, Frankenstein, written by Mary Shelley, Justine appears briefly in the story. She plays quite a significant role when it comes to the advance of Frankenstein’s character and also in the course of recounting the events in the novel. Justine is a servant...

There are many themes that stand out in the book Frankenstein. I will focus on the theme of ethics. In my opinion, this is the biggest theme in the story because it is mostly about the ethical questions that Victor goes through and the decisions...

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein portrays Victor Frankenstein’s responsibility towards his creation of life and the penalties that come with it. The curiosity to ask and answer questions is what motivates scientists to keep going forward in their research. The consequences of Victor’s actions in Frankenstein can...