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In “A White Heron”, Sylvie is forced to choose between materialism and nature. To start with the reasons of taking the money, Sylvie believed ten dollars was a lot of money and it was further reinforced with her […]

Rob Latham summarizes the concept of ecological imperialism by analyzing the works that were released in a new genre of science fiction called “New Wave”, which focuses on “eco-disaster stories” and the “critiq […]

Le Guin choses to tell the story as a failure instead of a success because the story serves as a warning for those who uses violence. Violence is something that can never be forgotten and Selver emphasizes that […]

Captain Davidson views the natural environment as something that would be dominated by superior forces, which are humans in his perspective. He states, “I like to see things in perspective, from the top down, a […]

Victor Frankenstein decides to create a female creature at the request of the original one. However, Victor decides to destroy the female creature at the last second in fear of the potential of the two creatures […]

Victor Frankenstein believes that his creature is innately evil because the creature killed William and caused the execution of Justine. However, the creature only became a monster because of his own environment. […]

Mary Shelley conveys to the readers that modern science is constantly evolving and that to fully understand it, you must go beyond what is shown to you. For example, Victor Frankenstein’s education in Geneva c […]

Prospero’s illusions are just a tool to fool his enemies and once they see through it, he is only a frail, defenseless man. Thus, Prospero makes his speech to Ferdinand to explain how his illusions are not real a […]

In Ariel’s speech about the tempest, he states “You are three men of sin, whom Destiny, that hath to instrument this lower world and what is in ’t, the never-surfeited sea hath caused to belch up you, and on t […]