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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. 19th century writer Both parents were writers; mother was well-known feminist Met Percy Shelley in 1812 Literary figure of the time Influenced by Shelley Wrote Frankenstein when she was 18. curiosity and intellectual achievement Acceptance Need for love

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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

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  1. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley • 19th century writer • Both parents were writers; mother was well-known feminist • Met Percy Shelley in 1812 • Literary figure of the time • Influenced by Shelley • Wrote Frankenstein when she was 18.

  2. curiosity and intellectual achievement Acceptance Need for love Relationship between God and man guilt cruelty ambition loneliness and alienation Recurring themes:

  3. Stylistic Devices: • Allusions • “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” • Paradise Lost • Prometheus • Foreshadowing • Point of View • A story within a story

  4. Gothic Novel • Originally - set in medieval period • Environment: • gloomy castles subterranean passages, sliding panels, ghosts, mysterious disappearances

  5. Intent… - evoke chilling terrorExplored … - the realm of the irrational - terrors that lie beneath the orderly surface of the civilized mind

  6. Reading Schedule • Author’s Intro and Preface - Wednesday, 2/20 • Letters 1-4 - Monday, 2/25 • Chapters 1-7 - Monday, March 4 • Chapters 8-15 - Monday, March 11 • Chapters 16-24 - Monday, March 18 • Tentative Objective Test – March 21

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