Edward William Godwin

The Étagère cabinet is made of glass and wood with a very crisp finish and the elephants within the cabinet vary from many types of materials from glass, ceramic, and even wood and brass at times. The Étagère cabinet was created in multiple parts with the cabinet being made first and then the addition of the glass. The elephants origin of creation was never spoke in the family because they naturally focused on the visual appearance of them. With the Étagère cabinet it felt important and when touching because they knew how much it meant to Vera and the finish of the wood on the cabinet. Many of the elephants had gems and other types of decorative items on them. Vera’s Étagère cabinet in particular was tall in height and about the size of a person’s…

The Tragic Life of Mary Shelley Mary Godwin, later Mary Shelley, was born to parents Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin and William Godwin on August 30, 1797. Due to complications from the birth of Mary, her mother died on September 10, 1797, just eleven days after having her child (Mellor, xv). Mary’s father, William, was, as his daughter would become, an author; her mother was also a writer, and was, as some believe, the world’s first feminist (bbc.co.uk). Though her mother had died, Mary still had…

In Mary Shelley 's Frankenstein, there seems to be some issues with gender. While this novel was written during a predominantly patriarchal time for women, it is interesting how Mary Shelley, a female author, would submit to portraying female characters as powerless figures. As the daughter of the “first feminist,” Mary Wollstonecraft and William Godwin “a radical philosopher,” Mary Shelley seemingly misrepresents women in her novel. Additionally, Mary Shelley excludes females as a whole…

Mary Wollstonecraft was born in Spitalfields, London, on 27 April 1759, and was the second of seven kids. Her adoptive grandfather was a weaver who became successful through mastering it and left a sizable legacy, but her father, Edward John, misused his share of the inherited money. He wished to establish himself as a gentleman farmer in Epping. This was the first of the family's many moves, each of which took a tole on both their financial and social lives. Only Mary's brother, Edward, was…

obsession. Shelley’s shift from Victor’s never-ending quest for knowledge is replaced with an obsession of secrecy. “I had worked hard for nearly two years, for the sole purpose of infusing life into an inanimate body. For this I had deprived myself of rest and health. I had desired it with an ardour that far exceeded moderation, but now that I had finished, the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart” (ch. 5) Sickened by the sight of his creation, Victor…

the sense that the relationship and bond between the two plays a vital role in the development of the person or in this case the monster. On August 30, 1797, the world was gifted with one of the most influential writers, artists, and women the world had seen up to that point. This person is Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin. She was born in London, England during a time when the role of women was beginning to be altered. Her mother, who was an outspoken leader of the women’s rights movement during…

In the times that Frankenstein is written, exploration and application of science is exploding along with developments in all aspects in Industrial Revolution. One dramatic event in scientific community at that time is the famous “vitalist debate” engaged by two medical professionals John Abernethy advocating vitalism and William Lawrence propagating materialism. Critics constantly assume what standpoint in the debate is Shelley taking by analyzing her main character “the Creature” in…

A common reading of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” is that it is a cautionary story about the dangers of going too far with science and meddling with what one does not understand. The novel does deal with themes of negligence and lack of care, but not necessarily in the arena of science itself. Rather, the novel uses the story of Victor, a figure who is at once a mother and a father, to display themes of parental negligence and the negative outcomes that this produces in the child. However, this…

This rejection of the creature by Victor can be viewed as a self-reflection on the part of Mary Shelley on her life and the struggles she faced. Mary’s mother, Mary Wollstonecraft, was a strong and forward-thinking woman, one of the first modern feminists with her book A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, and quite influential in her legacy. However, her life was cut short with the birth of Mary Shelley, dying only days after her new daughter was born. Mary Shelley’s father, William Godwin, was…

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…