Mary Shelley
Romanticism within her Life
Suffered Impoverishment
During the year 1816
Famine and Epidemics
Traveled different regions
Geneva
Geneva would be a setting
within the story
Thought of creating
"Frankenstein"
Mary and Percy had a child
Has a healthy child
Represent the survivor with the family
Second child dies to disease
Represents the death of William
However, their child died
a few days after birth
She fell in love with Percy Bysshe
Ran away with him to France
knowing he was married
Frankenstein Connections
Never received a formal education
Robert Walton never receiving an education
Tragedy at Birth
Elizabeth’s mothers dies in attempt to birth to her
Mary Wollstonecraft moms giving birth to Mary
Tragedy with Mother
Victor's father takes care of him after Caroline dies
After her mother's death, her father took care of Shelley
Gothic Literature
Her work featured
Gloomy settings
Mysterious plots
Acts of heroism persecuted by terror
Catholics as criminal
Terrifying descriptions
Mary commonly wrote
about Gothic Literature
Life
Tragedy
Death of Children
Death of Percy Shelley
Death of Mother
Sister's Suicide
Influence
Inspired Mary on her journey to
become an author due to her
philosophical environment
Parents
Family of intellectuals
Her mother was a well-known feminist philosopher
Her father was a philosopher
Highly regarded among famous writers
Childhood
Fathers remarriage
Dysfunctional Family
Similar to Life of Justine
Abandoned by family
Banished from family
Poor relationship with her step-mother
She was raised by her single father
Limited childhood
Caroline falling under the care of Alphonse
Her mother died days after her birth
Birth and Death
Died on Feb 1, 1851
Brain Tumor
Born on Aug 30,1797
