During her stay at the Villa Diodati, Mary Shelley dreamed of a "hideous phantasm of a man stretched out... on the working of some powerful engine... ... In Frankenstein, most of the deaths and murders relate to the deaths in Shelley's life. ... Shelley's mother, Mary Wollstonecraft, died on August 9, 1797, ten days after her birth due to several birthing complications. ... After the anger resides, Mary Shelley's life is clearly reflected in her fictional creation: "No father watched over my infant days, no mother blessed me with smiles... ... Mary Shelley also took Darwin'...

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However, Mary Shelley, in her novel "Frankenstein," argues that the pursuit of knowledge can be dangerous, and if pursued relentlessly can cause the pursuers isolation from society. ... Education can be salvation for some, but for others it can also become an obsession which can drive them to their own destruction, as seen in the case of Victor Frankenstein. ... After the Monster is created, Frankenstein first looks at it with admiration and love but subsequently realises how ugly and grotesque the Monster is and immediately rejects him. ... Upon learning that William is a Frankenstein; the Mo...

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Unfortunately, for both Mary Shelley and her monstrous creation, few noble deeds were encountered, and instead, both received ostracism and even hatred from society. ... The Sorrows of Young Werther were important to Mary Shelley in the understanding of her dead mother as they were important to the monster in understanding human emotion. Mary Shelley's mother tried to kill herself due to her unrequited love for Gilbert Imlay, the father of Mary's half-sister, Fanny. ... Mary Shelley would have been aware of this having already read the Memoirs. Thus, Mary Shelley utilized the work,...

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Mary Wollstonecraft started the chain of events. She was one of the first women noticed for her writings and then passed her talent on to her daughter Lipke3 Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, who made great strides as a writer also at this time. ... The next story that comes to expresses God in the area of new topics is Frankenstein by Mary Shelly. ... The Frankenstein book looked at the idea of God in a new fashion. ... Mary Shelley shows how our obsessions draw light upon us in two ways. ...

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