British Literature Midterm Essay by Ginny Bratton https://padlet.com/gbratton1/ne2xm3g5xit9 Hopefully a good end to a fantastic semester en-us 2018-12-07 04:00:21 UTC 2025-03-13 09:44:32 UTC hello@padlet.com Thesis gbratton1 https://padlet.com/gbratton1/ne2xm3g5xit9/wish/312111720 Through the novels Frankenstein, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, and Brave New World, readers understand the complex motives and actions of love that sometimes end in disaster.]]> 2018-12-07 04:05:01 UTC https://padlet.com/gbratton1/ne2xm3g5xit9/wish/312111720 Frankenstein Analysis gbratton1 https://padlet.com/gbratton1/ne2xm3g5xit9/wish/312113101 Victor marrying Elizabeth even though he knows that his monster will kill one of them if they wed. ]]> 2018-12-07 04:17:20 UTC https://padlet.com/gbratton1/ne2xm3g5xit9/wish/312113101 Tess Analysis gbratton1 https://padlet.com/gbratton1/ne2xm3g5xit9/wish/312113183 Her love for Angel turned into idolatry and kept her in financial troubles and terrible work because she had stayed true to every last word of Angel's not to write to him until he wrote to her. Upon seeing Angel again, Tess decides to stab and kill Alec.]]> 2018-12-07 04:18:24 UTC https://padlet.com/gbratton1/ne2xm3g5xit9/wish/312113183 Brave New World Analysis gbratton1 https://padlet.com/gbratton1/ne2xm3g5xit9/wish/312113368 John's love for his mother and the regular human nature was thought of as generating "instability" in society. His loyalty to his beliefs cause him to flagellate himself and eventually kill his temptress]]> 2018-12-07 04:20:32 UTC https://padlet.com/gbratton1/ne2xm3g5xit9/wish/312113368 Thesis megryan https://padlet.com/gbratton1/ne2xm3g5xit9/wish/312413698 Good idea Ginny... what is that complex motive of love? Why does it end in disaster?]]> 2018-12-07 20:34:59 UTC https://padlet.com/gbratton1/ne2xm3g5xit9/wish/312413698 Response gbratton1 https://padlet.com/gbratton1/ne2xm3g5xit9/wish/312413953 Gabby in her NLMG post called it "desperate selfishness." The pain of losing a loved one drives some people to do things against their normal rationalism]]> 2018-12-07 20:35:52 UTC https://padlet.com/gbratton1/ne2xm3g5xit9/wish/312413953 megryan https://padlet.com/gbratton1/ne2xm3g5xit9/wish/312414003 Is this ignoring his intuition? So maybe that results in the disaster? Ignoring his bodily anxieties?]]> 2018-12-07 20:35:58 UTC https://padlet.com/gbratton1/ne2xm3g5xit9/wish/312414003 Further Response gbratton1 https://padlet.com/gbratton1/ne2xm3g5xit9/wish/312414958 Even the weather attempts to get Victor to back out of marrying Elizabeth, and yet he ignores that as well.]]> 2018-12-07 20:38:51 UTC https://padlet.com/gbratton1/ne2xm3g5xit9/wish/312414958 Tess TS gbratton1 https://padlet.com/gbratton1/ne2xm3g5xit9/wish/312414995 In the novel Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Tess' obsessive passion for her husband Angel Clare causes her to suffer tremendously after they split up and eventually drives her to kill her former "lover" Alec.]]> 2018-12-07 20:39:00 UTC https://padlet.com/gbratton1/ne2xm3g5xit9/wish/312414995 Response gbratton1 https://padlet.com/gbratton1/ne2xm3g5xit9/wish/312415037 I think it's straight up ignoring what he knows is true. The monster has it out for him, and Victor knows the monster is more than capable of following up on his threat. Logically, the cons heavily outweigh the pros. His decision to ignore those hard truths is what makes his love so dangerous.]]> 2018-12-07 20:39:09 UTC https://padlet.com/gbratton1/ne2xm3g5xit9/wish/312415037 Frankstein TS gbratton1 https://padlet.com/gbratton1/ne2xm3g5xit9/wish/312418137 In the novel Frankenstein, Victor's selfish love for his cousin and wife ends in her death.]]> 2018-12-07 20:49:18 UTC https://padlet.com/gbratton1/ne2xm3g5xit9/wish/312418137 Tess Quote/Evidence gbratton1 https://padlet.com/gbratton1/ne2xm3g5xit9/wish/312418172 pg 194 devotion
pg 220-221
pg 257
pg 271
pg 274  writing
pg 311 killing Alec]]> 2018-12-07 20:49:28 UTC https://padlet.com/gbratton1/ne2xm3g5xit9/wish/312418172 Frankenstein Quote/Evidence gbratton1 https://padlet.com/gbratton1/ne2xm3g5xit9/wish/312418199 pg 139-141 his reasoning (and regret)
pg 143-144 nature]]> 2018-12-07 20:49:34 UTC https://padlet.com/gbratton1/ne2xm3g5xit9/wish/312418199 BNW TS gbratton1 https://padlet.com/gbratton1/ne2xm3g5xit9/wish/312418213 In the novel Brave New World, John's love of his mother and the undulating nature of the human condition contrasts violently with the society's conditioned rules.]]> 2018-12-07 20:49:39 UTC https://padlet.com/gbratton1/ne2xm3g5xit9/wish/312418213 BNW Quote/Evidence gbratton1 https://padlet.com/gbratton1/ne2xm3g5xit9/wish/312418249 pg 206
pg 220
pg 252 loyalty to mom and beliefs
pg 258-259]]> 2018-12-07 20:49:45 UTC https://padlet.com/gbratton1/ne2xm3g5xit9/wish/312418249 Works Cited gbratton1 https://padlet.com/gbratton1/ne2xm3g5xit9/wish/312418276 Hardy, Thomas. Tess of the d'Urbervilles. Dover Publications, 2001.

Huxley, Aldous. Brave New World. HarperPerennial, 1998.

Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein. Dover Publications, 2001.
]]> 2018-12-07 20:49:53 UTC https://padlet.com/gbratton1/ne2xm3g5xit9/wish/312418276 Reading my rough draft gbratton1 https://padlet.com/gbratton1/ne2xm3g5xit9/wish/312935547 early version]]> 2018-12-10 14:33:50 UTC https://padlet.com/gbratton1/ne2xm3g5xit9/wish/312935547 More Screen Recording gbratton1 https://padlet.com/gbratton1/ne2xm3g5xit9/wish/313371395 early version]]> 2018-12-11 13:16:26 UTC https://padlet.com/gbratton1/ne2xm3g5xit9/wish/313371395 Even more recording gbratton1 https://padlet.com/gbratton1/ne2xm3g5xit9/wish/313374841 early version]]> 2018-12-11 13:24:38 UTC https://padlet.com/gbratton1/ne2xm3g5xit9/wish/313374841