Mary Shelly was an English novelist, short story writer, dramatist, biographer, and travel writer. She was born August 30, 1797 in Somers Town, London in the United Kingdom. She was well-known for her Gothic novel Frankenstein: or The Modern Prometheus. Shelly spent time in Geneva to get inspiration for the novel Frankenstein. Shelly focuses on the influences of history, the elements of the Gothic theme, and the theme of Modern Prometheus. The history of Frankenstein started when Mary Shelly was just a teenager. Frankenstein was written in 1816. When Shelley decided to write Frankenstein, it was during the Romantic period. Frankenstein was the first scientific based book that was written in the early 1800’s. The novel become so popular it
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The secret in Shelley’s novel is of shame and fear. Victor did not want to reveal the falsehood and the mistakes that was in the novel. He is the author of his owns fate. Many of the Gothic subgenres sets the mood to be gloomy and dark. Most of gothic places on towers, castles, and old buildings. Revenge seems to be an element in Frankenstein. Victor becomes very scared after he sees what he has brought to life, and flees. The creature is all alone and out on his own, but he starts to learn from a family that he has been watching (Shelley 99). He finds courage to approach them, but the family does not accept him because of him being different. After this the creature seeks for revenge. When the creature killed William, Victors younger brother, the creature was out to ruin Victors whole life from there on out. The creature went from framing Justine for the murder of William, killing Henry Clerval, and then he goes after Victor’s weakness which is Elizabeth. Another element is supernatural. It is when the lighting Frankenstein uses to create the monster.
In the novel Frankenstein, Mary Shelley creates a horrific story that science plays a significant role. Shelley wrote Frankenstein to inform her audience about family, society, isolation, romanticism and nature, and revenge. She goes in good detail about each and everyone of those. Mary Shelly focuses on the influences of the history, the theme of the Modern Prometheus, and the elements of the Gothic
The secret in Shelley’s novel is of shame and fear. Victor did not want to reveal the falsehood and the mistakes that was in the novel. He is the author of his owns fate. Many of the Gothic subgenres sets the mood to be gloomy and dark. Most of gothic places on towers, castles, and old buildings. Revenge seems to be an element in Frankenstein. Victor becomes very scared after he sees what he has brought to life, and flees. The creature is all alone and out on his own, but he starts to learn from a family that he has been watching (Shelley 99). He finds courage to approach them, but the family does not accept him because of him being different. After this the creature seeks for revenge. When the creature killed William, Victors younger brother, the creature was out to ruin Victors whole life from there on out. The creature went from framing Justine for the murder of William, killing Henry Clerval, and then he goes after Victor’s weakness which is Elizabeth. Another element is supernatural. It is when the lighting Frankenstein uses to create the monster.
In the novel Frankenstein, Mary Shelley creates a horrific story that science plays a significant role. Shelley wrote Frankenstein to inform her audience about family, society, isolation, romanticism and nature, and revenge. She goes in good detail about each and everyone of those. Mary Shelly focuses on the influences of the history, the theme of the Modern Prometheus, and the elements of the Gothic