Comparison
Content
title
Frankenstein
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr.
Hyde
Full Title
Frankenstein: or, The Modern
Prometheus
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr.
Hyde
Author
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Oscar Wilde
Robert Louis Stevenson
Type of Work
Novel
Novel
Novel
Genre
Comedy
Comedy
Comedy
Gothic
Gothic
Gothic
Mystery
Mystery
Mystery
Psychological Drama
Psychological Drama
Psychological Drama
Science Fiction
Science Fiction
Science Fiction
Year Published
1818
1890
1886
Original Language
English
English
English
Protagonist
Victor Frankenstein
Dorian Gray
Henry Jekyll
Antagonist(s)
Frankenstein’s monster
-Characters
–
–
Narrator(s)
Robert Walton
Elizabeth Lavenza (through letters to
Anonymous
anonymous
Victor)
Alphonse Frankenstein (through letter to
Victor)
Point of View
First-Person
First-Person
First-Person
Third-Person
Third-Person
Third-Person
Third-Person Omniscient
Third-Person Omniscient
Third-Person Omniscient
Geneva
The Swiss Alps
Ingolstadt
England and Scotland
The Northern ice
-Setting
Setting (Place)
Setting (Time)
London
London
Eighteenth century
1890s
The late nineteenth century
The title of the novel refers to a scientist,
The novel tells of a young man named
It is about a London lawyer named
-Composition
Premise
Victor Frankenstein, who learns how to
create life and creates a being in the
likeness of man, but larger than average
and more powerful.
Dorian Gray, the subject of a painting by
artist Basil Hallward. Basil is impressed
by Dorian's beauty and becomes
infatuated with him, believing his beauty
is responsible for a new mode in his
art.Realizing that one day his beauty will
fade, Dorian expresses his desire to sell
his soul to ensure the portrait Basil has
Gabriel John Utterson who investigates
strange occurrences between his old
friend, Dr Henry Jekyll, and the
misanthropic Edward Hyde.
painted would age rather than himself.
Dorian's wish is fulfilled, plunging him
into debauched acts... Show More
Climax
The murder of Elizabeth Lavenza on the
night of her wedding to Victor
Frankenstein.
Dorian kills Basil Hallward.
Lanyon’s witnessing to Hyde's
transformation into Jekyll
Resolution
Victor Frankenstein chases his monster to
the Norther Ice after it murdered
Elizabeth. There, he is rescued by Robert
Walton, narrates his story, and dies.
Dorian commits himself to the "yellow
book" and indulges in debauchery
without regard to his reputation.
Utterson leaves Jekyll’s laboratory, goes
home, and reads the letters from Lanyon
and Jekyll
Tense
Past
Past
Past
Tone
Emotional
Emotional
Emotional
Fatalistic
Fatalistic
Fatalistic
Gothic
Gothic
Gothic
Mysterious
Mysterious
Mysterious
Themes
Motifs
Symbols
Romantic
Romantic
Romantic
Tragic
Tragic
Tragic
Dangerous Knowledge
The purpose of art
The duality of human nature
Sublime nature
The supremacy of youth and beauty
The importance of reputation
Texts
The surface nature of society
Secrecy
The negative consequences of influence
Monstrosity
Passive women
The color white
Violence against innocents
Abortion
The picture of Dorian Gray
Silence
Homoerotic male relationships
Urban terror
Fire
The opium den
Jekyll’s house and laboratory
Light
James Vane
Hyde’s physical appearance
The yellow book
Meaning of the poem Daffodils
The word and the phrases presented in these lines have immense depth and implications. The myriad of the daffodils is expressed by the phrasesA crowd, a host, continuous as the stars, they stretched in never-ending lines, ten thousands saw eye at a glance.
The atmosphere of nature permeates through the entire framework of the poem.
The poet says: I wondered lonely as a cloud that floats on the high o’er Wales and hills.
Daffodils, an everyday found flower has been portrayed with magical poetry and blended with transcendental romanticism.
Finally the daffodils outdid the sparkling waves in glee and left an everlasting mark in the mind of the readers of this poem.
Summary of Daffodils by William Wordsworth
Once the poet was wandering pointlessly beside a lake, he was all alone to wander freely akin to a patch of clouds floating in the sky over the valleys and the
hill. Suddenly he could view the large number of daffodil gathered by the side of the lake and they are sheltered under a growing tree. The Daffodils resembles
the color of gold and the airy breeze made them wave and dance, rejoice and play. The poet however could not estimate their number as they spread along
extensive sides of the lake.
They resemble akin to innumerable shining stars that one could see in the night sky in the form of Milky Way. As the poet made an instant glance, he could see
myriad of daffodils waving their heads, as if they were rejoicing and dancing out of alacrity. Seeing this, the waves of the lake accompanied dancing along with
these daffodils , but their lustrous dance was in no way comparable to the delight and gaiety of the flowers the poets seems to have frenzied with an ecstasy of
delight.
He realized that a poet who was susceptible to natural grace could not help feeling happy in the presence of such gay and beautiful flowers. He gazed at them,
hardly knowing what enormous treasure he was accumulating in his mind.
That vista was impregnated in the poet’s mind for an everlasting time. In future when the poet lay down on his couch, either in a lonely or a pensive mood, the
entire panorama that he saw in the woods beyond the Gowbarrow Park appeared before his mind’s eye. In the silence and solitude, when his mind is
unrestrained by disturbing things of the real world, he revives back the memories of the daffodil. Hence when the memory of that sight comes into view of the
poet, he derived ecstatic pleasure which he had enjoyed actually.
More Facts about the Poem, Daffodils
The poem is said to be written in the year 1802.
The poem is produced as a result of actual visualization and from experience, rather than imagery.
Dorothy, Wordsworth’s sister provides us an explanation of the occasion which inspired Wordsworth to produce this masterpiece.
This poem is typically Wordsworthian. Its portray Nature at its best and encompasses her grace to the pinnacle which very poets cannot reach. It projects
Wordsworth’s extraordinary delight in understanding and exploring common place things. Emotions recollected in tranquility are the distinct factor which
differentiates Wordsworth from other poets. The emotions associated with Wordsworth in this poem, Daffodils is not ephemeral but rather permanent and
everlasting. The poet derives the same bliss from his thoughts about the daffodil when he actually saw them.
Frankenstein
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr.
Hyde
Full Title
Frankenstein: or, The Modern
Prometheus
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr.
Hyde
Author
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Oscar Wilde
Robert Louis Stevenson
Type of Work
Novel
Novel
Novel
Genre
Comedy
Comedy
Comedy
Gothic
Gothic
Gothic
Mystery
Mystery
Mystery
Psychological Drama
Psychological Drama
Psychological Drama
Science Fiction
Science Fiction
Science Fiction
Year Published
1818
1890
1886
Original Language
English
English
English
Protagonist
Victor Frankenstein
Dorian Gray
Henry Jekyll
Antagonist(s)
Frankenstein’s monster
-Characters
–
–
Narrator(s)
Robert Walton
Elizabeth Lavenza (through letters to
Anonymous
anonymous
Victor)
Alphonse Frankenstein (through letter to
Victor)
Point of View
First-Person
First-Person
First-Person
Third-Person
Third-Person
Third-Person
Third-Person Omniscient
Third-Person Omniscient
Third-Person Omniscient
Geneva
The Swiss Alps
Ingolstadt
England and Scotland
The Northern ice
-Setting
Setting (Place)
Setting (Time)
London
London
Eighteenth century
1890s
The late nineteenth century
The title of the novel refers to a scientist,
The novel tells of a young man named
It is about a London lawyer named
-Composition
Premise
Victor Frankenstein, who learns how to
create life and creates a being in the
likeness of man, but larger than average
and more powerful.
Dorian Gray, the subject of a painting by
artist Basil Hallward. Basil is impressed
by Dorian's beauty and becomes
infatuated with him, believing his beauty
is responsible for a new mode in his
art.Realizing that one day his beauty will
fade, Dorian expresses his desire to sell
his soul to ensure the portrait Basil has
Gabriel John Utterson who investigates
strange occurrences between his old
friend, Dr Henry Jekyll, and the
misanthropic Edward Hyde.
painted would age rather than himself.
Dorian's wish is fulfilled, plunging him
into debauched acts... Show More
Climax
The murder of Elizabeth Lavenza on the
night of her wedding to Victor
Frankenstein.
Dorian kills Basil Hallward.
Lanyon’s witnessing to Hyde's
transformation into Jekyll
Resolution
Victor Frankenstein chases his monster to
the Norther Ice after it murdered
Elizabeth. There, he is rescued by Robert
Walton, narrates his story, and dies.
Dorian commits himself to the "yellow
book" and indulges in debauchery
without regard to his reputation.
Utterson leaves Jekyll’s laboratory, goes
home, and reads the letters from Lanyon
and Jekyll
Tense
Past
Past
Past
Tone
Emotional
Emotional
Emotional
Fatalistic
Fatalistic
Fatalistic
Gothic
Gothic
Gothic
Mysterious
Mysterious
Mysterious
Themes
Motifs
Symbols
Romantic
Romantic
Romantic
Tragic
Tragic
Tragic
Dangerous Knowledge
The purpose of art
The duality of human nature
Sublime nature
The supremacy of youth and beauty
The importance of reputation
Texts
The surface nature of society
Secrecy
The negative consequences of influence
Monstrosity
Passive women
The color white
Violence against innocents
Abortion
The picture of Dorian Gray
Silence
Homoerotic male relationships
Urban terror
Fire
The opium den
Jekyll’s house and laboratory
Light
James Vane
Hyde’s physical appearance
The yellow book
Meaning of the poem Daffodils
The word and the phrases presented in these lines have immense depth and implications. The myriad of the daffodils is expressed by the phrasesA crowd, a host, continuous as the stars, they stretched in never-ending lines, ten thousands saw eye at a glance.
The atmosphere of nature permeates through the entire framework of the poem.
The poet says: I wondered lonely as a cloud that floats on the high o’er Wales and hills.
Daffodils, an everyday found flower has been portrayed with magical poetry and blended with transcendental romanticism.
Finally the daffodils outdid the sparkling waves in glee and left an everlasting mark in the mind of the readers of this poem.
Summary of Daffodils by William Wordsworth
Once the poet was wandering pointlessly beside a lake, he was all alone to wander freely akin to a patch of clouds floating in the sky over the valleys and the
hill. Suddenly he could view the large number of daffodil gathered by the side of the lake and they are sheltered under a growing tree. The Daffodils resembles
the color of gold and the airy breeze made them wave and dance, rejoice and play. The poet however could not estimate their number as they spread along
extensive sides of the lake.
They resemble akin to innumerable shining stars that one could see in the night sky in the form of Milky Way. As the poet made an instant glance, he could see
myriad of daffodils waving their heads, as if they were rejoicing and dancing out of alacrity. Seeing this, the waves of the lake accompanied dancing along with
these daffodils , but their lustrous dance was in no way comparable to the delight and gaiety of the flowers the poets seems to have frenzied with an ecstasy of
delight.
He realized that a poet who was susceptible to natural grace could not help feeling happy in the presence of such gay and beautiful flowers. He gazed at them,
hardly knowing what enormous treasure he was accumulating in his mind.
That vista was impregnated in the poet’s mind for an everlasting time. In future when the poet lay down on his couch, either in a lonely or a pensive mood, the
entire panorama that he saw in the woods beyond the Gowbarrow Park appeared before his mind’s eye. In the silence and solitude, when his mind is
unrestrained by disturbing things of the real world, he revives back the memories of the daffodil. Hence when the memory of that sight comes into view of the
poet, he derived ecstatic pleasure which he had enjoyed actually.
More Facts about the Poem, Daffodils
The poem is said to be written in the year 1802.
The poem is produced as a result of actual visualization and from experience, rather than imagery.
Dorothy, Wordsworth’s sister provides us an explanation of the occasion which inspired Wordsworth to produce this masterpiece.
This poem is typically Wordsworthian. Its portray Nature at its best and encompasses her grace to the pinnacle which very poets cannot reach. It projects
Wordsworth’s extraordinary delight in understanding and exploring common place things. Emotions recollected in tranquility are the distinct factor which
differentiates Wordsworth from other poets. The emotions associated with Wordsworth in this poem, Daffodils is not ephemeral but rather permanent and
everlasting. The poet derives the same bliss from his thoughts about the daffodil when he actually saw them.
