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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's Biography. Jessica Stavig February 20, 2009. Mary Shelley's Influences. Her Parents: William Godwin Mary Wollstonecraft Both were enlightenment thinkers Her Husband: Percy Shelley A free enlightenment/romantic thinker . William Godwin ( 1756 - 1836).

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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's Biography

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  1. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's Biography Jessica Stavig February 20, 2009

  2. Mary Shelley's Influences • Her Parents: • William Godwin • Mary Wollstonecraft • Both were enlightenment thinkers • Her Husband: • Percy Shelley • A free enlightenment/romantic thinker

  3. William Godwin ( 1756 - 1836) • A very radical philosopher • Founded “philosophical anarchism” (Philp) • Important Philosophical Works: • Political Justice (1793) • The Enquirer (1798) • Thoughts on Man (1831) • His novel Caleb Williams (1794)

  4. Godwin's Political Philosophy • Defined mainly in An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice (1793) • Argument: “government is a corrupting force in society, perpetuating dependence and ignorance, but that it will be rendered increasingly unnecessary and powerless by the gradual spread of knowledge. Politics will be displaced by an enlarged personal morality as truth conquers error and mi

  • Mary Shelley (1797-1851) was an English

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  • Mary Shelley Introducing…

  • Birth • Born in London in 1797 • Parents: Mary Wollstonecraft & William Godwin • Mother died of a fever soon after the baby was born. • One half-sister, Fanny (3 years older)

  • The Parents Both parents were considered “intellectual rebels” of their time. • Mary Wollstonecraft • William Godwin

  • Stepmother Troubles • *Resented Mary’s close relationship with her father. • *Did not encourage Mary’s education • *Made Mary do household chores. • *Regularly invaded Mary’s privacy. • *Kept Mary from spending time with her dad.

  • Trip to Scotland • *Mary’s dad sent her to stay with friends in Scotland. • *She experienced two things there: the love of happy family and the beautiful Scottish scenery. • *Both of these elements played important roles later when she wrote Frankenstein.

  • Percy Bysshe Shelley • * Disciple of her father’s philosophical ideas • *Married to Harriet Westbrook Shelley • *Highly educated • *Writer and Poet • *Wealthy • *Idealistic • *Became dissatisfied with his wife • *Mary and Percy declared their love for each other in June of 1814

  • Runaway • *Godwin forbade Percy to come to the house. • *Percy attempted suicide. • *Mary ran away with him to France (her step-sister Jane came too!).

  • Travel • Mary wrote in her journal on 19 December 1822: "France--Poverty--a few days of solitude & some uneasiness--A tranquil residence in a beautiful spot--Switzerland--Bath--Marlow--Milan--The Baths of Lucca--Este--Venice--Rome--Naples--Rome & misery--Leghorn--Florence Pisa--Solitude The Williams--The Baths--Pisa--These are the heads of chapters--each containing a tale, romantic beyond romance."

  • Birth, Death, Motherhood • *Mary gave birth to 4 children (only one survived to adulthood) and had a miscarriage with her 5th pregnancy. • *Her half sister Fanny committed suicide. • *Percy’s wife Harriet committed suicide.

  • Birth, Death, Motherhood • On 19 March 1815 she rec

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  • 1. Mary Shelley A Biography

  • 2. Introduction ➔ Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin Shelley was born on August 30, 1797: ➔ the daughter of two persons of distinguished literary celebrity: Mary Wollstonecraft and William Godwin ➔ her mother died eleven days after her birth, ➔ Her mother was the author of The Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792) ➔ Mary was profoundly influenced by Wollstonecraft's reputation and writings.

  • 3. ➔ Godwin, who encouraged his daughter's intellectual development, was an emotionally distant parent, and Mary's own reminiscences of her childhood acknowledge an “excessive and romantic attachment” to her father, perhaps born out of his neglect. ➔ The Godwin household had a number of distinguished guests during Shelley's childhood, including Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Wordsworth. ➔ In 1814, Mary began a relationship with poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. Percy Shelley was a devoted student of her father, but he soon focused his attentions on Mary.

  • 4. ➔ He was still married to his first wife when he and the teenaged Mary fled England together that same year. ➔ The couple was accompanied by Mary's stepsister Jane. Mary's actions alienated her from her father who did not speak to her for some time. ➔ Mary and Percy traveled about Europe for a time. ➔ In 1816 the Shelleys were in Switzerland with Jane Clairmont, Lord Byron and John Polidori. ➔ Frankenstein came out of a challeng ➔ Her life was full of tragedies: her two children died, her half-sister committed suicide, Percy’s first wife committed suicide. P.B. Shelley drowned in 1822

  • 5. Characters: Victor Frankenstein ● Victor Frankenstein, the eldest child of his family, is the protagonist and primary narrator. ● Since his early years, Victor has been known for his thirst for knowledge and his powerful ambition. ○ It is these two qualities that lead him to attend university at Ingolstadt. ● He eventually discover

    • Mary Shelly

  • 1. Mary shelley Born on - 30 august 1797 Died on - 1 february 1851

  • 2. About mary shelley - Her full name was mary wollstonecraft shelley. -she was an English novelist. -she wrote the gothic novel " Frankenstein" or "The modern prometheus( 1818)" which is considered an early example of science fiction. -Her husband was "Percy Bysshe Shelley" he was romantic poet and philosopher. - Her father was the political philosopher " William Godwin "and her mother was the philosopher and feminist activist "mary wollstonecraft". -She had 4 children.

  • 3. - In 1814, mary began a romance with one of her father's political followe, who wa Percy Bysshe Sheley, and he was already merried. -Until the 1970s ,she was mainly known for effoets to publish her husband's works and for her novel " frankenstein". -Shelley's works often argue that cooperation and sympathy, she wanted to reform civil society, and her view was a direct challenge to the individualistic romantic ethos Enlightenment political theories articul O a 3 ted by her father, " william Godwin".

  • 4. Her life and career. O4 - Mary shelley was born in somers town, london in 1797. -She was the second child of her parents. -A year after her death, her father Godwin published his " memories of the Author of a vindication of the rights of woman" in 1798, which he intended as a tribute to her. -Her father married "mary jane clairmont " she was well educated woman with two young children " charls and clairs".

  • 5. -Her father described her at age 15 as "Singularly bold, somewhat imperious, and active of mind.Her desire of knowledge is great, and her perseverance almost invincible." - with percy shelley's encourangement, she expanded this tale into her first novel, "Frankenstein" , or the modern prometheus published in 1818. O5

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