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Topic Sentence: The authors of Frankenstein and The Tempest both employ imagery to depict the harsh reality that Frankenstein’s monster and Caliban face every day through no fault of their own.

F: image of a beautiful Adam which morphs into that of a fallen angel (a demon). Shows the pain of the monster not living up to Frankenstein’s expectations of him. This brings him great distress, yet it is through no fault of his own.

TT: image of Caliban feeling pain with every step he takes. Caliban says that every small mistake he makes is punished violently. Again, this imagery paints a violent and sad day-to-day life that Caliban has found himself in only because of poor luck (a victim of circumstance).

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Topic Sentence: Both works employ hyperbole to evidence that Caliban and Frankenstein’s monster have had control over their lives and futures taken away from them, their lives being shaped solely by the circumstances others create for them.

F: Frankenstein was born so hideous that there is nothing he can do to redeem himself. Even Dante, who has walked through hell, could not stand to see him move. This hyperbole shows that his ugliness, which is completely out of his control, will control his life forever, as none will ever be able to see past it.

TT: Here Prospero states that Caliban is in his service, reinforces the idea of lifelong servitude again. The hyperbole refers to the groans of wolves that Caliban is said to have made when Prospero found him on the beach. This hyperbole makes Caliban out to be an animal. It has been said that what separates man from animal is that man has control over his future. By equating him with a wolf, Prospero implies that Caliban has no say over what will happen to him, and that Prospero guides his life as one would an animal’s.

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Topic Sentence: In both works, the authors employ different literary devices to evidence the fact that both Frankenstein’s monster and Caliban have suffered horrible consequences from what those control them have done to them.

F: Using a rhetorical question emphasises the existence of a powerful creator, and the anger the monster has at how imperfectly he has been made. If the creator made him so hideous and violent, why would he then leave him with the ability to feel agony and remorse. Because of what his creator has done, he is filled with rage and agony.

TT: The use of parataxis (define in essay) in Caliban’s speech gives an impression of a paranoid, brainwashed, and scared man. The audience can clearly see that his master has taken over his life and thoughts. Prospero is thus in great part responsible for the poor state that Caliban is in.

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Topic Sentence: Both works use foreshadowing to evidence that powerful God-like forces will impact their lives. In addition, the simple use of foreshadowing by the authors implies a certain sealed fate for these characters, further reinforcing the notion that their destinies are out of their control, and that they can do no more than suffer through whatever circumstances they are thrown into.

F: The fact that the monster was created by a maker foreshadows the fact that most of the difficulties and problems he will face in life will also have been created by this maker.

T: The title means a violent thunderstorm, at the end of which little remains unscathed. This foreshadows what will happen to Caliban, and suggest that forces more powerful than him have already pre-determined what will happen to him. Similar to a sailor caught in the middle of a storm, there is little he can do but wait and hope for the best.

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Topic Sentence: Finally, the authors use different structural elements to show that the characters in both works have given up their autonomy to their masters, their fates subject to the desires of forces more powerful than themselves.

F: Frame story causes readers to experience the story of the monster through Victor’s narration. This emphasises the fact that his creator has complete control over his existence-as he can now paint the monster’s story exactly as he would like.

TT: The aside to the audience is a sign of defeat, with Caliban effortlessly accepting a new master to rule his fate, suggesting that his own destiny has been out of his control for so long that he is either no longer willing, or no longer able to control it himself, and is happy to hand it over to another powerful figure.