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    Environmental Literature

    Mary Shelley was born in 1797 into a family of writers. Her mother was a leading British feminist and her father was a radical philosopher. Mary’s life was accompanied by tragic events. Her mother died soon […]

    5 years, 2 months ago
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    Environmental Literature

    Ksenia Klak commented on the post, Homework for Thursday August 6th

    Le Guins describes “killing” story “the story the mammoth hunters told about bashing, thrusting, raping, killing, about the Hero.” it is associated with some kind of victory or triumph which refers to “hero” […]

    5 years, 2 months ago
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    Environmental Literature

    Ksenia Klak commented on the post, Homework for Wednesday August 5th

    Douglas Barbour, in his essay “Integrity and Balance in the Novels of Heinish by Ursula K. Le Guin,” presents the Athshean’s culture as sane and balanced through “sanity not on the razor’s edge of reason but on […]

    5 years, 2 months ago
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    Environmental Literature

    Ksenia Klak commented on the post, Homework for Tuesday August 4th

    The friendship between Lyubov and Selver helped him through studying each other’s language and culture they come to understand each other more. Lyubov sees the mistreatment of the Athsheans and wants to help t […]

    5 years, 2 months ago
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    Environmental Literature

    Ksenia Klak commented on the post, Homework for Thursday July 30th

    “See, you want to keep this place just like it is, actually, Kees. Like one big National Forest. To look at, to study. Great, you’re a spesh. But see, we’re just ordinary joes getting the work done. Earth needs […]

    5 years, 2 months ago
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    Environmental Literature

    Ksenia Klak commented on the post, Homework for Wednesday July 29th

    I disagree with Bate’s argument that Victor is a monster himself.
    Bate suggests ” he pursues his dream of becoming….”the modern Prometheus”. A new species would bless me as its creator and source; many happy […]

    5 years, 2 months ago
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    Environmental Literature

    Ksenia Klak commented on the post, Homework for Wednesday July 29th

    Mary Shelley’s ” Frankenstein” as a tool for Enlightenment

    – Frankenstein’s education as a representation of the transition from alchemy to modern science in European history of the 18-19th centuries (page […]

    5 years, 2 months ago
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    Environmental Literature

    Ksenia Klak commented on the post, Homework for Tuesday July 28th

    Victor creates a female creature and suddenly thought that “I was engaged in the same manner and had created a fiend whose unparalleled barbarity had desolated my heart and filled it with the bitterest […]

    5 years, 2 months ago
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    Environmental Literature

    Ksenia Klak commented on the post, Homework for Monday July 27th

    The first impression one gets about the monster is that he is disgusting, scary, and evil.
    The giant enters the world with the hope of serving people, making friends with them, but, not finding a place for […]

    5 years, 2 months ago
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    Environmental Literature

    Ksenia Klak commented on the post, Homework for Thursday July 23rd

    In Chapter 4, Mary Shelley conveys very intensely Victor’s sense of complete frustration with the result of her work. For example, the expression “Mingling with this horror, I felt the bitterness of d […]

    5 years, 2 months ago
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    Environmental Literature

    Ksenia Klak commented on the post, Homework for Wednesday July 22

    I agree that Victor’s father supported his interest in science, we can see this in the example of how once during a thunderstorm Victor was amazed and surprised at how an old oak tree was destroyed by lightning; […]

    5 years, 2 months ago
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    Environmental Literature

    Ksenia Klak commented on the post, Homework for Wednesday July 22

    In the first chapter, Mary gives a detailed description of Victor’s early education, which illustrates his interest in the scientific literature. His fascination with the ancient works of Agrippa, Magnus, […]

    5 years, 2 months ago
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    Environmental Literature

    Ksenia Klak commented on the post, In-Class Blog Post

    Ariel appears as a harpy and accuses Alonso, Antonio and Sebastian of being three men of sin (3.3.70 “You are three men of sin”) and dooms them to madness. Ariel calling himself an instrument of Fate and Des […]

    5 years, 3 months ago
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    Environmental Literature

    Ksenia Klak commented on the post, Homework for July 14, 2020

    The most memorable part of the act 1 scene 2 was Prospero’s dialogue with Caliban. Prospero calls Caliban and when he appears he begins cursing Prospero. Prospero threatens to Caliban by giving him cramps at n […]

    5 years, 3 months ago
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    5 years, 3 months ago

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