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Mary Shelley

Mary Shelley. Frankenstein. Birth. Maiden Name: Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin August 30, 1797. Parents. Father = William Godwin-philosopher/novelist Mother = Mary Wollstonecraft-famous feminist . Parent Beliefs. both parents were shaped by the Romantic movement -both were radical thinkers

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Mary Shelley

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  1. Mary Shelley Frankenstein

  2. Birth • Maiden Name: • Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin • August 30, 1797

  3. Parents Father = William Godwin-philosopher/novelist Mother = Mary Wollstonecraft-famous feminist

  4. Parent Beliefs • both parents were shaped by the Romantic movement • -both were radical thinkers • Mom had an affair with a military captain which resulted in her first child, Fanny.  Soldier abandoned them. Mom attempted suicide.  Later met Godwin, had an affair.  Got pregnant again (w/ Mary) and they married to legitimate both kids

  5. Death • Mom died 10 days after Mary was born

  6. Family Friends • a lot of famous writers traced through their house-friends of her father (Percy Shelley, Coleridge, Charles Lamb)

  7. Change • Dad remarries, Mary Jane Clairmont— • mean woman • jealous of Mary’s relationship with her father • Convinces Godwin to send his daughter to a boarding house • Clairmont tried to train Mary in the “womanly arts” but all Mary would do was read and write • In her young teens Mary is sent to live at Ramsgate with Miss Petman.  While there took some time off to travel to Scotland with a friend of the family

  8. Back at Home • Returned home, a woman.  Became close with her father who she regularly talked Philosophy with. • Mary is reintroduced to Percy Shelley. Percy is married, but they still fall in love .        -Father is outraged, but Shelley and Mary eventually run away to Switzerland with the help of Fanny (Mary 16, Percy 21)

  9. Percy and Mary • Life is tough for Mary & Percy.  • Short on $-living in London • Percy’s wife, Harriet, bares him a son • Percy’s friend falls in love with Mary

  10. Death • Mary gets pregnant-has a daughter, who dies • Fanny commits suicide •        Harriet commits suicide

  11. Around 1815 • Finally, Mary & Percy marry and begin traveling around • Both are able to write and live as they please

  12. 1816 • In the summer of 1816 (Mary 19) they go to stayin Geneva w/ Byron and Polidori • -rainy summer •        -write ghost stories to entertain themselves (contest) •        -gets idea for Frankenstein from a conversation they have about how life can be created.  • -Completed the novel in May 1817 • -Published January 1, 1818

  13. Ideas for Frankenstein • Poems written by Percy Shelley • John Locke’s Human Understanding • Our brain starts out as a blank slate • Alastor – • transcending from earth to supernatural where finally everything is perfect • Mont Blanc – • Describes the scene at Chamonix

  14. Death • Percy dies when Mary is 24 and leaves Mary to support their only surviving son- Percy Florence Shelley

  15. Life • She lives for another 29 years with people’s negative opinions of her relationship with Percy •        -has a hard time getting work •        -works as a professional writer (must also support her father) • -Lived until the age of 54-died in 1851 of brain tumor

  16. Is Victor… • A reflection of the Monster??? • A reflection of Percy??? • A reflection of Mary????????

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