context on Mary Shelley

How is this novel often described as a semi-autobiographical

Critics variously see Shelley in both Victor and in the creature

How is childbirth and parenting relevant

The premature death of Shelley’s mother Mary Wallstonecraft, 8 days after giving birth, marked her for her entire life this novel can be seen as her attempt to ‘resurrect’ her dead mother and her 4 dead children

How does chapter 5 reinforce Shelley’s fear of childbirth

Shelley’s fear of childbirth is seen in the diction of pain in the role of chapter 5 (agony) and in the decision to have Victor ‘create’ a childbirth a child without the role of women.

Why the murder of William so shocking of this era

High infant mortality in her era meant that childbirth carried a 45-50% chance of death, and most infants did not reach the age of 3

Why are the ethics of this novel so complex

Shelley also her husband, which she kept his calcified heart with her

Why was Shelley considered a rebel

Shelley was the daughter of rebels and controversial political figures; mother was the mother of modern feminism with the publication of the vindication of the rights of women and her father was an atheist and political anarchist

What do her parents give her reasoning towards

Reasoning behind heretical work of serious controversy-banned for many years

How does Shelley’s mental health reflect Victor in chapter 9

Shelley, like Victor in chapter 9 (“submerge in icy waters”) suffered from depression. She was treated at Guy’s hospital in London for melancholia and headaches treated with laudanum (like Victor) and died at the age of 54 after a long illness (possibly a brain to our)

What did Shelley fear

Like most romantics, Shelley feared the destruction of nature from technology (reversal of nature)

Why couldn’t Frankenstein be published in her name

Because of her gender, so Percy had to edit and add a part of one of his poems in order of it being published