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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelly has written many books in her life. She has received much criticism about one of her books inperticular, Frankenstien. Frankenstein was one of her most famous novels. Shelly had written Frankenstein in order to enter a contest but what few people realized was that Frankenstein was one of many nightmares that Shelly had during her rough childhood. Shelly has become one of the most renowned Gothic authors because of her use of graphic descriptions and settings and her use of many significant themes.

The women he remarried had two children of her own and the stepmother was not fond of Mary Shelley. Abandonment plays a huge role in her novel Frankenstein and she was very familiar with how this felt because she was abandoned by her parents. Mary Shelley met Percy Bysshe Shelley when she was seventeen. Percy was married to another woman but he left her for Mary and they had a daughter that passed away. The woman Percy left Mary for took her own life because she felt abandoned by her once so called husband.

Byron came up with the idea that each of them should write a ghost story to pass time. It is thought she took many ideas from Percy Shelley's ‘Prometheus Unbound’ and most of Frankenstein became based on the limitations of being a human being. Mary Shelley alone succeeded in creating a story that would later become one of the most famous of all time. In the preface t... ... middle of paper ... ...ssue in Frankenstein relates to modern times. There are growing numbers of children from single parent backgrounds where, for certain reasons, they have been abandoned by one or both of their parents.

When she wrote Frankenstein, she revealed her hidden fears and desires through the story of Victor Frankenstein’s creation, putting him symbolically in her place (Murfin, Ross. "Psychoanalytic Criticism and Frankenstein.”). Her purpose, though possibly unconsciously, in writing the novel was to resolve both her feelings of abandonment by her parents, and fears of her own childbirth. Mary Shelley was born in 1797 to Mary Wollstonecraft and William Godwin, two of the greatest liberal thinkers of the time. Her mother died after two weeks of giving birth to her, leaving Shelley feeling both abandoned by and guilty of her mother’s death.

Not having the same education Mary utilized her father’s library to read and sometimes even reading by her mother’s grave. During her years she enjoyed the pastime to write poetry and novels which mostly pertained to her life and in some instances involving similar characters who she had met in reality such as Lord Byron in Frankenstein. Shelley married Percy Shelley 1816 and two years later published the infamous novel Frankenstein wrote in 1818 which made its debut as written by an anonymous writer. Mary became a widow at age 24 and only one child to support she focused on her writings and her late... ... middle of paper ... ... Hoffman leaves behind that horror can consume us all if we believe everything we hear. Nathaniel fully believed the old woman about the sandman legend and it drove him mad.

Mary Shelley and Her Legendary Novel, Frankenstein Mary Shelley’s achievement of writing Frankenstein is very remarkable because she completed her novel at twenty years young in response to her early life influences. Who would have known that a young woman like herself could produce a work so horrific and gothic yet so accurate in the depiction of modern society. Many critics will agree that readers, especially young readers, become especially engaged and interested in Frankenstein because of the similarities to our modern culture. Like the creature Dr. Frankenstein produced, many people in our modern day society lead to their destruction through abuse of power. Overall, Shelley’s work affected modern society as well as the Romantic era in various ways due to her early influences.

The whole idea of creating a novel was thought of by Byron. This was because the four of them (Shelly, her husband Percy, Byron and Mary Shelly's adopted sister Jane Clairmont) had nothing really to do and Byron suggested to have a little competition - see who could write the best ghost story. He thought this would keep the group occupied, which it did and that was when "Frankenstein" was created. The idea originated from a nightmare Shelly had had and when her novel was written Percy Shelly told her to expand her story and helped her publish it in 1818. The novel is vastly influenced by Shelly's life, as the way Frankenstein's mother died and the rough life Shelly had.

Rough Draft Have you heard of the book Frankenstein? I sure you have, in this paper I will share with you the life and the success of the famous author Mary Shelley. I will start with her child hood; Mary had two famous authors for parents William Goodwin and Mary Wollstonecraft. But unfortunately Mary mom died when she was only eleven days old Mary’s dad hired a nanny immediately. The nanny made Mary’s life full of adventures and fun times while the father was distancing from his children.

However considering Mary's upbringing the novel may have been predictable as Mary's whole life was surrounded by death where her mother died soon after her birth, and she had a premature daughter who sadly died. Also Mary was taught to be fascinated by technology yet to be terrified as in the wrong hands terrible things could happen, so in fact it was not unusual for the quiet girl named Mary to write such a novel. In chapters 5, 10 and 23 the setting is used to illuminate characters and themes. In chapter 5 we see Victor Frankenstein's first reactions to the birth of his life long work. The monster comes to life on a 'dreary night of November' therefore giving the feeling of a cold, gloomy, and dark setting.

Most of Chopin’s stories are centered on women whom were forced to cope with situations such as prostitution, disease, and abuse. Chopin was best known for her publication of The Awakening in 1889, but it was quickly condemned after she had written it. The unsettling material within it brought her writing career to a quick halt. People were accustomed to romantic fiction and were greatly disturbed by Chopin’s female protagonist, Edna Pontellier, because of her scandalous affairs she had with other men outside of her marriage. Chopin died on August 22nd, 1904 from a cerebral hemorrhage, so she never experienced people admiring her novel.