My major project concerns the feelings that are conveyed in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. These include:
The rage of the monster in the story - originating from its being against its master because the master abandoned the creature whilst it was still young. This is compared with the hate that Trista feels for her mother. Her "mother" neglected her from the beginning of her creation, being cast into a confined room for long periods of time. This is covered in the second story Painting Red Roses Black.
The grief of Victor Frankenstein that caused him to create the monster was based upon the death of his mother. This is linked to the creation of the child by the witch, due to the loss of her child. Like Victor was connected to his mother, "Perfection" the witch's child was connected to her, and the death of Perfection immediately after birth had cause the witch to turn against nature. This is seen in the first story Painting White Roses Red, when the witch literally decides to rebel against nature.
The theme of going against nature is present in Frankenstein and Painting White Roses Red. It is the warning that is conveyed through out Frankenstein, and in writing Painting White Roses Red I tried to keep the theme going, because that was the main idea that Mary Shelley portrayed in her work.
The creator repents his workings, as does the witch, and in the end she dies at the mercy of her sins, Trista. This differs from Victor's death, because the monster did not directly kill him. Both admit to their wrong doings, which was important, so a theme that runs through is also redemption.
To show that it is human nature that changes people, I had placed Trista in two different time periods, the seventieth and the twenty-first centuries. In the seventeenth century that was how the people would have acted, as this is how the monster was treated. Where as in the twenty-first century, people would have bore Trista's presence, but would have found it awkward around her, unable to look her in the face, which is often what happens, because human nature will always be about appearances.

The titles bear meaning also.
Painting White Roses Red is based upon the purity of the magic the witch once used. "White" symbolises the purity, but once she delved into the dark arts her hands and deeds are covered in blood. And so her white "rose", which represents the magic, is turned red with the blood of her sins.
Painting Red Roses Black leads on from the first, and the title itself shows this. Trista is the product of all the blood, and thus begins with a "red rose". The child turns evil with hate, her heart turns black with all this evil, thus the red rose turns black. Black is also a representative of death, which Trista continuously causes.

For this story, I did little research, mostly that of witches. The Salem witch burnings were indeed in the thirteenth century, as mentioned in Painting White Roses Red. I also studied the workings of the moon in spells, and the ritual that created the child was done on a night with a full moon, because my research states that it is the "best time for any kind of ritual, magick is at it's peak." The information I got was from: . . .org

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