Ice in Frankenstein, 2017

Mary Shelley, in her novel Frankenstein, gives insight into the paradoxes of life, death, and knowledge. Throughout the changing narratives, connections between these paradoxes and ‘ice’ recur again and again; Shelley uses ice as the setting, symbol of death, isolation and unexplored area to portray the main themes in depth. The motif of ice looms …

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Dear Creator, 2017

Father, thou art not in heaven, but hell: Though the dire flames had yet to tarnish thee. Grace enveloped thee even as thou fell When my dearest wishes crashed in debris. Is it such a sin, for the unwanted Guest to pound upon the doors of Eden; For the shadow to dare love- undaunted! The …

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