PPT-Mary Shelley

17971851 A look at literary criticism and conversations about Shelleys novel Frankenstein By Jessica Berke Inspiration behind the novel The idea for what is often called the first science fiction novel was born on the shores of Lake Geneva in the year without a summer. Frankenstein. Modern World Literatures. Royal Institution . Lectures, . 1801. Quarterly . Review. , 18 (1818): 457-8, . on . Arctic exploration:. “[Such] expeditions may fail in the main object of the arduous enterprise; but they can scarcely fail in being the means of extending the sphere of human knowledge ... ‘Knowledge is power’; and we may safely commit to the stream of time the beneficial results of its irresistible influence.” . 1792. Percy . Bysshe Shelley Born. Percy . Bysshe Shelley is born in Horsham, England. He is the first of seven children of the Whig Parliamentarian Sir Timothy Shelley and his wife Elizabeth . Pilfold.  . 220 "Shelley's . overreacher. is different." (From what, and how?) .  . 221 "Death and birth were thus as hideously mixed in the life of Mary Shelley as in Frankenstein's 'workshop of filthy creation.'". Nature Vs. Mankind. By: . Courtany. Reynolds, . Halie. Farrell, and . Makensie. . Fightmaster. Nature. Our theme is about the Nature in the book, there were plenty of examples. However we were unsure how to explain nature by itself, so we also included human nature.. Mary. . Shelley . And . Romanticism . Mary Shelley. Born Mary Wollstonecraft in 1797. Mother: Mary Wollstonecraft. Father: William Godwin. Published her 1. st. poem when she was 10 years old. Spent much of her teen years writing in Scotland. Frankenstein. “Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.” . ― Mary Shelley, Frankenstein. “Nothing is so painful to the human mind as a great and sudden change.” . A short introduction to the genre. Origins. Gothic novel reaction . against Augustan ideals (many . feature fights between fathers and sons). Some . elements found in earlier ballads (. the supernatural. , . Byron. , . Keats. :. Rom. ant. ics. . Lord Byron. SHE walks in beauty, like the night.    Of cloudless climes and starry skies; And all that 's best of dark and bright   Meet in her aspect and her eyes: Thus . Frankenstein. The Origin of Modern Psychology And . Thematic Biography. Mary Godwin Shelley . 1797-1851. Mary Shelley’s Mother: . Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797). Mary Wollstonecraft. Author of . A Vindication of the Rights of Women . An Introduction. Mary Shelley. Born in 1797 to writers William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft.. Her mother died shortly after Mary was born.. Shelley learned about her mother through her writings, including . Horror Stories . What scares us? Why? . Think about the scariest movie you’ve ever seen...what made it scary? . What is the scariest monster in film/books? . >What makes the monster scary? . Why do we seem to take pleasure in scaring ourselves? . :. Frankenstein. Belongs in . the . Canon. Marsha Law, M. S. Ed.. CORE Academy, June 2015. marshalaw3@gmail.com. “I think most readers will agree that . Frankenstein. really is a good novel, both scary and . Literary Meaning. The literal meaning of the prompt is to find a . book that focuses and describes political or . social issues in the society. Then analyze how . the author uses literary devices to explain the . Matthew Do, Jaime Luong, . Poonum. Mehta, Hannah Michael. Topic and Literal Meaning. Word Changes – what words were used in the novel, what were their meanings during Shelly's time and how have they changed today?.