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Mary Shelley

Mary Shelley. Frankenstein. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. 1797-1851 Mary Wollstonecraft and William Godwin in London Fanny and Claire Mary Jane Clairmonte , step-mother. Parents and Childhood. Both authors Not married Feminism and liberalism Mother died when Mary was 6

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Mary Shelley

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  1. Mary Shelley Frankenstein

  2. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley • 1797-1851 • Mary Wollstonecraft and William Godwin in London • Fanny and Claire • Mary Jane Clairmonte, step-mother

  3. Parents and Childhood • Both authors • Not married • Feminism and liberalism • Mother died when Mary was 6 • Cruel step-mother • Claire was bright spot

  4. Parents and Childhood cont… • Graveside and Sctoland • Educated at home • Italian, French, Latin • “Unorthodox” • Dad invited Percy Byssche Shelley to talk about politics

  5. Relationship • Mary 16 • Harriet Westbrook • Dad forbade Mary, but they eloped • Dad didn’t talk to Mary until they were actually married

  6. Relationship Contd… • 1st daughter, 1815, died 2 weeks later • William, 1816, died at age 3 • Married Dec. 30, 1816 • Traveled with Claire

  7. Travels • Scotland • England • France • Germany • Switzerland • Geneva • History of six weeks tour

  8. Adult Life • Moved back to Italy • Percy born 1818 • 1822, miscarriage, almost died • 1822, Percy drowned and body washed on shore • Wrote for London Magazine • The Complete Political Works of PerceyByssche Shelley

  9. Adult Life contd… • The Last Man • Perkin Warbeck • Rambles in Germany and Italy • Ilness • Lake Geneva, Frankenstein, 1816 • Several children died between 1816-1822

  10. Frankenstein • Dream • Lake Geneva • Other friends • Challenge • 1818, annonymous • Same time as The Vampyre • Focus on mental struggles of main character

  11. Implications/Themes • Two halves of same person • Creationism • Inner struggle combined with outter more real than Dracula • Scientific discoveries to the extreme • Real travels

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