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Frankenstein / Natures Sublime Power

Author: Mary Shelley  | Themes: isolation, nature, awe, vulnerability, the sublime

He bounded over the crevices in the ice, among which I had walked with caution; his stature, also, as he approached, seemed to exceed that of man. I w...
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Gulliver's Travels / Power and Perception

Author: Jonathan Swift  | Themes: visibility, agency, curiosity, spectacle, societal hierarchy

Whenever I had a mind to see the town, it was always in my travelling-closet; which Glumdalclitch held in her lap in a kind of open sedan, after the f...
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Gulliver's Travels / Absurdity of Conflict

Author: Jonathan Swift  | Themes: war, tradition, absurdity, power, consequence

Which two mighty powers have, as I was going to tell you, been engaged in a most obstinate war for six-and-thirty moons past. It is allowed on all han...
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The War of the Worlds / Storm Rising

Author: H.G. Wells  | Themes: nature's fury, inner turmoil, transition, mortality

From Ripley until I came through Pyrford I was in the valley of the Wey, and the red glare was hidden from me. As I ascended the little hill beyond Py...
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Dracula / Predatory Presence

Author: Bram Stoker  | Themes: primal instincts, human vs. monster, supernatural threats, fear, vulnerability

There was something so panther-like in the movement--something so unhuman, that it seemed to sober us all from the shock of his coming. The first to a...
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Wuthering Heights / Power and Control

Author: Emily Brontë  | Themes: authority, rebellion, femininity, social dynamics, punishment

The greatest punishment we could invent for her was to keep her separate from him: yet she got chided more than any of us on his account. In play, she...