Family is capable of promoting determination, fortitude, and a perceptive mind if demonstrated the correct way. In Mary Shelley’s case, it was problematic for her to pursue her goals because her family couldn’t provide her the mindset of assurance and self-confidence. Shelley never knew her mother, Mary Wollstonecraft, who died a short amount of time after Shelley was born. Her reputation never perished, as Mary Shelley continued to carry out her mother’s writings and reputation on women’s rights and education. Her influence on writing the novel, Frankenstein, was determined by dreadful events she experienced throughout her life such as, the death of her first husband, Percy Shelley, and of her three infants. The romantic movement was a period
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Shelley believed she failed as a parent and a daughter. She characterizes Victor Frankenstein with the same qualities as she displayed herself. Victor is a self-centered individual who does not mind being alone, which is comparable to Shelley herself. She presents Victor as a lousy parent, due to the fact that Shelley considered herself as a poor parent. The monster is viewed as a fearful and confused character, similar to a child, and tries to reach out to Victor as a father for comfort and guidance, only to be abandoned and mistreated. The monster expresses his emotions, “But where were my friends and relations? No father had watched my infant days, no mother had blessed me with smiles and careness” (Shelley 129). The monster then tries to make sense of his feelings, “ He raised her and smiled… I felt sensations of peculiar and overpowering nature” (Shelley 114). As punishment for Victor’s immodest behavior, his own creation murders his friends and …show more content…
Shelley may not have had the finest life, but she managed to pursue her dreams by comprising her past experiences in her own fashion in Frankenstein. She had more determination than any female novelist during the Romantic era. Mary was a very independent and vigorous woman, just like her
Shelley believed she failed as a parent and a daughter. She characterizes Victor Frankenstein with the same qualities as she displayed herself. Victor is a self-centered individual who does not mind being alone, which is comparable to Shelley herself. She presents Victor as a lousy parent, due to the fact that Shelley considered herself as a poor parent. The monster is viewed as a fearful and confused character, similar to a child, and tries to reach out to Victor as a father for comfort and guidance, only to be abandoned and mistreated. The monster expresses his emotions, “But where were my friends and relations? No father had watched my infant days, no mother had blessed me with smiles and careness” (Shelley 129). The monster then tries to make sense of his feelings, “ He raised her and smiled… I felt sensations of peculiar and overpowering nature” (Shelley 114). As punishment for Victor’s immodest behavior, his own creation murders his friends and …show more content…
Shelley may not have had the finest life, but she managed to pursue her dreams by comprising her past experiences in her own fashion in Frankenstein. She had more determination than any female novelist during the Romantic era. Mary was a very independent and vigorous woman, just like her