Essay on the Influence of Mary Shelley’s Life on Frankenstein

Influence of bloody shame Shelleys livelihood on Frankenstein Since its publication in 1818, bloody shame Shelleys Frankenstein has grown to become a name associated with horror and science fiction. To fully say the importance and origin of this novel, we must look at both the tragedies of bloody shame Shelleys background and her own origins. Only then can we begin to assay what the icon Frankenstein has become in todays society. bloody shame Godwin was born in capital of the United Kingdom in 1797 to prominent philosopher William Godwin and well-known feminist and author Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin. in short after Marys birth, her mother died of complications from childbirth, and this event set the stage for the strained blood between Mary and her father. Godwin blamed Mary for her mothers death and put her in the care of her unqualified stepmother, who favored her own children and forced Mary to do tedious housework. Godwin felt that punishing Mary would satisfy his grief, and consequently Mary became withdrawn in her studies. Her talent for writing is believed to have saved her from unseasonable suicide. Possibly as an attempt to be accepted by her father, Mary immersed herself in literary studies and her fathers intellectual conversations with other philosophers. She attempted to compete with her mothers legacy by continuously writing. It was reported that Marys attempts to compete with her dead mother reached obsessive proportions by the time she turned seventeen. When Mary was seventeen, writes Samuel Rosenburg, she began taking her books and writing solid to the nearby Old St. Pancras Church, where her parents had been married and where her mother was buried. There, seated in the memorial park behind the church, th... ...ience fiction. From this novel, many other versions have spawned, each one versions of the fabled novel by 19-year-old Mary Shelley. Works Cited Florescu, Radu. In Search of Frankenstein. capital of Massachusetts New York Graphic Society, 1975. Glut, Donald F. The Frankenstein Language A Tribute to Mary Shelley and Boris Karloff. Metuchen The straw man Press, Inc., 1973. Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein. London Puffin Books, 1818. Rosenburg, Samuel. Happy 150th Dear Frankenstein, Life. March 15, 1968. taken from the Life of Mary Shelley document online http//www.desert-fairy.com/life.shtml Works Consulted http//www.mountwashingtonvalley.com/frankenstein/ http//www.cityu.edu.hk/ls/research/frankenstein/ http//www.frankensteinwaxmuseum.com http//www.rrfrankenstein.com http//www.godsandmonsters.net