‘Vénus Anadyomène’ is a fourteen line sonnet, made up of two quatrains and two tercets, written by Arthur Rimbaud towards the end of 1870. He gives his interpretation of the eponymous painting which portrays Venus rising from the sea. Rimbaud aimed to confront the quotidian forms of alienation: repetitiveness, apathy and boredom. To this end, obfuscation would become key to his poetic strategy along with allegorical descriptions, bursting with loathing for conventionalism and inertia . Despite Rimbaud
Opening Sequences of Frankenstein by James Whale and Kenneth Branagh "Frankenstein" Compare the opening sequences of Mary Shelley's novel 'Frankenstein' filmed by James Whale (1931) and Kenneth Branagh (1994). Describe and account for the major differences and similarities between the versions. The gothic horror novel, 'Frankenstein', was written by Mary Shelley during the Industrial Revolution, which was a period of dramatic change. It was a groundbreaking and controversial novel,