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Mary Shelley was the daughter of a famous philosopher and one of the first feminist authors. ... With the seeking inspiration of her husband, Percy Bysshe Shelley, she was able to create a work showing her literary genius while teaching society a lesson about the dangers of knowledge, love and hate.
Mary Shelley had a large step-family, but often felt alone in her own lost world. ... He soon remarried, consequently causing Mary to live a Cinderella lifestyle where her stepmother favored her own children over Mary. At the age of only 17, she met the love of her life, Percy Bysshe Shelley, a renowned English poet. During the rainy summer of 1716, Lord Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Mary Shelley and Polidari, were enjoying a day indoors due to the extreme weather outdoors. ... Mary Shelley successfully wrote her story and finished her novel within one short year. ...
After taking an inward look on the life of Mary Shelley, it is easy to see her motivation. Mary Shelley has had oppressed anger since she was a child. ... Mary’s first child was with Percy Bysshe Shelley, unfortunately, he was still married to his first wife. ... Coincidently, William was the name of the first victim of the Monster in Frankenstein. ... After the death of Percy Bysshe Shelley, she had only one child that had survived through childhood. ... Because of all these predicaments that Mary Shelley faced in her early years, she was able to concoct an appalling narrative.
There are numerous reasons rationalizing why Mary Shelley wrote such a story. ... By wanting to “discover secrets in a part of the world never before visited” (Bloom’s Notes: A Contemporary literary views book, Bloom, Harold page 12). ... In Victor’s early years of studies he was known for his knowledge in science. ... While he is working on his creation, he disregards his own health and family in search of his answer to the ultimate question, but later sees that his yearning for this knowledge is very dangerous:
“Learn from me, if not by my precepts, at least by my example, how dangerous is the acquirement of knowledge and how much happier that man is who believes his native town to be the world, than he who aspires to become greater than this nature will allow” (Frankenstein, Shelley, Mary p 38).
Approximate Word count = 1567
Approximate Pages = 6.3
(250 words per page double spaced)
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