Sometimes, there’s more to Lit than meets the eye.
Oh, where to begin. Light is associated with goodness and knowledge. Fire is symbolic of both human progress as well as the dangers of human invention. Er, or possibly the dangers of nature as oppo...
The monster is compared to Adam and the creation of man. OK, sure, this would mean Victor is also paralleled with the creator, possibly God, and as some claim, maybe even a Christ-figure given the...
The entire story of exploration for knowledge, as symbolized by Captain Walton’s quest for the North Pole, becomes a cautionary tale and allegory about the dangers of boundless science. The e...