“I had admired the perfect forms of my cottagers-their grace, beauty, and delicate complexions: but how I was terrified when I viewed myself in a transparent pool. At first I started back, unable to believe that it was indeed I who was reflected in the mirror: and when I became fully convinced that I wasContinue reading “RKS Literature: Frankenstein’s Creation Laments His Deformity (Mary Shelley)”
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RKS Literature: Parents as Creators Not Tyrants (Mary Shelley)
“No human being could have passed a happier childhood than myself. My parents were possessed by the very spirit of kindness and indulgence. We felt that they were not the tyrants to rule our lot according to their caprice, but the agents and creators of all the many delights which we enjoyed. When I mingledContinue reading “RKS Literature: Parents as Creators Not Tyrants (Mary Shelley)”
