Throughout the writing of the book Frankenstein, Shelley wrote what she knew in the year eighteen-sixteen. Her life events is what makes the book as great as it is. The novel Frankenstein is based off of the events around the time. What also makes her awesome is that she is the daughter of two great novelist William Godwin, and Mary Wollstonecraft. In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, the author integrated three kinds of criticism, biographical, historical, and feminist lenses to influence her ideas in the novel.
First, Mary Shelley uses events from her past that relates to her writings. With the deaths of her three children many sources claim Shelley was very depressed. One source states “Three of their own children died in infancy, and Mary …show more content…
A great example of feminism comes from the novel Frankenstein, “ She instructed her daughter in the tents of her religions and taught her to aspire to higher powers and intellect and an independence of spirit forbid in to the female followers of maroment.” (Shelley pg. 88) this quote from the book is from Sadie telling her story. Shelley wrote the character Safie to represent women's rights for what they stand for. Safie is independent and strong for escaping the Turks and traveling by herself. Another example is from an article, “ Recent feminist critics have found Shelley and Frankenstein a rich source for study, describing it, for example, as a manifestation of the authors ambivalent feelings towards motherhood.” (The encyclopedia of world biography). Throughout the book Shelley commends the characters with emotions that anyone in them orders society would have. For example, Victor Frankenstein feels responsible for the creature and his actions just like how the creature looks to Victor as a father figure. Shelley did not only create the story of Frankenstein for entertainment but also because Shelley has always fantasizes about motherhood so dearly that she felt the need to write about it. This is a strong example of feminism because it reveals how women feel about motherhood. In the eighteenth century women's feeling were over looked, having text
First, Mary Shelley uses events from her past that relates to her writings. With the deaths of her three children many sources claim Shelley was very depressed. One source states “Three of their own children died in infancy, and Mary …show more content…
A great example of feminism comes from the novel Frankenstein, “ She instructed her daughter in the tents of her religions and taught her to aspire to higher powers and intellect and an independence of spirit forbid in to the female followers of maroment.” (Shelley pg. 88) this quote from the book is from Sadie telling her story. Shelley wrote the character Safie to represent women's rights for what they stand for. Safie is independent and strong for escaping the Turks and traveling by herself. Another example is from an article, “ Recent feminist critics have found Shelley and Frankenstein a rich source for study, describing it, for example, as a manifestation of the authors ambivalent feelings towards motherhood.” (The encyclopedia of world biography). Throughout the book Shelley commends the characters with emotions that anyone in them orders society would have. For example, Victor Frankenstein feels responsible for the creature and his actions just like how the creature looks to Victor as a father figure. Shelley did not only create the story of Frankenstein for entertainment but also because Shelley has always fantasizes about motherhood so dearly that she felt the need to write about it. This is a strong example of feminism because it reveals how women feel about motherhood. In the eighteenth century women's feeling were over looked, having text