45 pages 1 hour read

Mary Shelley

Gris Grimly's Frankenstein

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | YA | Published in 2007

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Essay Topics

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How does The Need for Purpose compel Frankenstein to create life, ignoring all possible consequences of this decision? Why does he instantly recoil at his creation?

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How do both Mary Shelley and Gris Grimly invite the reader to pity and even empathize with the monster?

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In taking his family and friends for granted to pursue his work instead, Frankenstein ultimately loses everything. How does his tale of warning demonstrate The Cost of Unthinking Ambition? What were these costs for Frankenstein?

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