Author Mary Shelley was born on in London, England on August 30, 1797. Her mother was a famous feminist, Mary Wollstonecraft and her father was William Godwin, a philosopher and political writer. Mary’s mother died early on in her life and her father soon remarried. Her step-mother did not feel the need to educate Mary; however, her father had an extensive library and she was often found reading his books. In The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft, she wrote “As a child, I scribbled; and my favorite pastime, during the hours given me for recreation, was to ‘write stories.’” (“Mary Shelley Biography.com,” 2017)
In May 1814, Mary met and started a relationship with poet Percy Shelley. Percy was still married to his first wife, so he
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Over the next few years, Mary and Percy faced mounting debt and the death of both of their children, but Mary Shelley continued writing. After her fourth child was born in 1819, she wrote the novel Valperga. After Percy’s tragic death at sea in 1822, Mary poured herself into writing many more novels like: The Last Man, Lodore, Falkner, and Rambles in Germany & Italy. Mary also edited and published many of her late husband’s posthumous works such as Posthumous Poems. Mary Shelley never remarried and lived with her son in London until her death from brain cancer on February 1, 1851. Word Count: …show more content…
After several years of intense study, Victor became fixated with “discovering the cause of generation and life.” (p. 52) He felt that he could “renew life where death had apparently devoted the body to corruption.” (p. 54) Victor developed a plan to use his knowledge of chemistry, alchemy, and electricity to create a human being using spare body parts. His plan was successful; however, Victor was horrified by the sight of his creation and fled the lab in hopes to escape the monster and the guilt that he was feeling.
After fleeing from the monster, anxiety and exhaustion overwhelmed Victor causing him to fall ill. Victor’s best friend, Henry Clerval, becomes his caretaker for several months and helps him recover. It was soon after this that Victor received a letter from home asking him to return immediately because his brother had been killed. On the trip back home, Victor begins to see glimpses of the monster and suspects that he is his brother’s murderer. Unable to reveal his secret, Victor has to watch as Justine, and innocent woman, is sentenced to death for his brother’s