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Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin Shelley grew up to become an essayist, biographer, short story writer, and novelist, most notably known for her novel ‘Frankenstein: or The Modern Prometheus’, published in 1818. Shelley led a complicated private life and suffered much ostracism due to her relationship with poet, playwright, author, and married man Percy Bysshe Shelley, which later came to be her husband. Shelly lost three of her children prematurely causing her to go into a deep depression. Even after…

Literary Analysis on Mary Shelley Author of Frankenstein By the time Mary Shelley was nineteen she had written one of the most famous novels ever published, Frankenstein. Mary Shelley was married to the great poet Percy Shelley. While she was on a visit to another great English poet Lord Byron in 1816, Byron suggested all three of them compose horror stories to entertain each other. Her husband and their friend Byron did not go through with their promise on writing horror tales of their own,…

In the eighteenth century, “Gothic” meant anything that was unusual, disrespecting of tradition, or nonconforming. Gothic writing revolved around wicked, amazing, and sometimes destructive people, objects, or events. Much of Gothic literature was a result of disturbances in the eighteenth century. Mayhem erupted due to major changes in politics, economics, and social norms. Subsequently, Gothic literature valued the past with its ideas of aristocratic strength, passion, barbarity, and magic. The…

into the novel by reflecting her own trials and tribulations into the plot. Mary Wollstonecraft, soon to be known as Mary Shelley, was born on August 30th 1897, in London, England. She was the daughter of a philosopher and political writer, William Godwin. Sadly, Mary never got the chance to meet her mother, because she died shortly after giving birth. At the age of four, Mary’s dad decided to re-marry. With this marriage came two step sisters. Mary and her stepmother never got along as it was…

Frankenstein, also known as the Modern Prometheus, is a story begins with captain finding this man dying of hypothermia on a dog sled, brought him on his ship and while the man was dying, he told the captain his life story. His story was about himself, a scientist, who was struck with grief when his mother died that he believed he could bring back the deceased by using electricity. His first trial and error he used his dog after it had been hit by a carriage, it lived for a short period and then…

rejecting the innocent Frankie Jr.? Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797-1851), an English novelist who was raised by a political philosopher father William Godwin, and her mother was the philosopher and feminist who promoted women’s rights and education. Mary’s mother was dead when Mary was eleven days old and her father married another woman when Mary was four. Godwin provided his daughter with a rich, informal education and encouraging Mary to adhere to his liberal political theories. Mary later…

Saint Bernard of Clairvaux wrote in 1150 that: "L 'enfer est plein de bonnes volontés et désirs" – or in English: The road to hell is paved with good intentions (Ammer 588). Perhaps no two protagonists, in all the epochs, would be as effortlessly suited for the surplus role of a paradigmatic Robin Hood character, as the ensuing underdogs. The benevolent, Hubris-filled luminaries of Victor Frankenstein and Prometheus have, too, been answerable for stealing for the people – but not from the…

Overview of the Crank Trilogy The books that I chose to do my report on were the Crank trilogy, Crank, Glass, and Fallout, by Ellen Hopkins. Crank was published in 2004, Glass was published in 2007, and the last book, Fallout came out in 2013. Ellen Hopkins wrote these books when she had a personal experience when her daughter, Kristina, started using "the monster" after she met the wrong person. She wrote the books to help herself understand why her daughter did it, then she realized that…

Justine is a servant of the Frankensteins who is falsely accused of the murder of William, the child killed by the creature. Despite the impassioned testimony of her mistress, Elizabeth, with regard to Justine’s unblemished character, Justine is found guilty and sentenced to death. Throughout the proceedings, Justine is passive, declaring…

Written Task 1 Jane Eyre Rationale I have decided to write my Written Task 1 as a diary based on the novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë. Born on 1816, Charlotte was one of the many Brontë sisters. She was raised by her stern religious grandparents due to the death of her mother and eldest siblings. She then attended a clergy institute. Following this, she earned a living as a governess and a writer and soon after published the highly-critiqued novel ‘Jane Eyre’ in 1847 under the pseudonym…