Author Mary Shelley was born in London, England on August 30, 1797. Her father was a philosopher and her mother (who shortly died after Shelley’s birth) a feminist. She had several brothers and sisters growing up. She would often read and write in her free time, showing a true passion for literature early on in life. Shelley went on to date and marry poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. Tragedy struck when her half-sister committed suicide shortly before Shelley’s marriage to Percy. With the tragedy counting when Percy drowned six years into marriage. Shelley ended up a widowed, single mother of the only child that lived from her marriage with Percy at the young age of 24. During her life Shelley went on to write many novels before her death of brain
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The writing of the novel began in 1816 while Shelley was staying in Geneva with her husband and their friend. It’s a well-written novel about a scientist named Victor who’s own curiosity and fascination with science pushes he to bring a soulless being back to life. He succeeds but is horrified by what he created wishing he didn’t. This is where the main conflict come in because the monster blames Victor for creating him, making him literally a monster. After vowing revenge the monster kills Victors loved ones one by one. Victor finally goes to confront the monster after he kills his wife Elizabeth, which leads to Victor’s own death. At the end of all this, the monster tells Robert Walton (the main narrator of the story) that he is going to light himself on fire to kill himself and is never seen again. People who read this story are taught the dangers of not thinking about the consequences. Victor didn’t think of how the monster would feel after being created or how he would react. He also didn’t think of how the monster would be taken care of and what would happen if society found out. These are things that, if Victor thought about, may have stopped him from doing
The writing of the novel began in 1816 while Shelley was staying in Geneva with her husband and their friend. It’s a well-written novel about a scientist named Victor who’s own curiosity and fascination with science pushes he to bring a soulless being back to life. He succeeds but is horrified by what he created wishing he didn’t. This is where the main conflict come in because the monster blames Victor for creating him, making him literally a monster. After vowing revenge the monster kills Victors loved ones one by one. Victor finally goes to confront the monster after he kills his wife Elizabeth, which leads to Victor’s own death. At the end of all this, the monster tells Robert Walton (the main narrator of the story) that he is going to light himself on fire to kill himself and is never seen again. People who read this story are taught the dangers of not thinking about the consequences. Victor didn’t think of how the monster would feel after being created or how he would react. He also didn’t think of how the monster would be taken care of and what would happen if society found out. These are things that, if Victor thought about, may have stopped him from doing