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What are the major themes in volume i of frankenstein

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The major themes of Frankenstein:
1. birth and creation: Frankenstein succeeds in creating a 'human' life form much like what God has done.
2. alienation: Victor chooses to alienate himself because of his desire for knowledge.
3. family: Frankenstein presents the value of the domestic circle. It demonstrates that lack of connection to either family or society leads to murder, tragedy, and despair.
4. dangerous knowledge: it is an insane pursuit of knowledge that proves to be dangerous. Victor's act of creation results in the destruction of everyone dear to him.

Answer from: ChocCole

There are many themes in this fantastic novel by Mary Shelley, the wife of the famous Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. One of them is definitely the pursuit of knowledge, as Victor spends years alone learning, trying to get to the bottom of the meaning of life, and how to prolong it/give sb their life back. Another important theme is ethics and morals - is it moral to bring the dead back to life, or just leave them as they are? Love and marriage are also themes found in Volume I - family love, but also love between Victor and Elizabeth. Death and fear also have an important part throughout the novel, as Frankenstein's monster kills and makes people afraid of him.

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1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)