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Mary Shelley(1797-1851) - Coggle Diagram

- - - - This novel was invented in 1816 in Switzerland,Mary Shelley and his husband were reading a collection of ghost stories (FANTASMAGORIA) and Lord Byron suggested a horror story writing competition.
        Mary Shelley won giving birth to FRANKESTEIN.
      - TITLE AND SUBTITLE
        
        The title refers to the novel's protagonist , the scientist Victor Frankestein.
        The subtitle mentions the greek myth of Prometeus beacause as he challenged the divine, Frankestein tried to push the limits of the laws of nature moved by ambition and hybris.
  - - - SECOND LEVEL NARRATION
        
        Viktor Frankestein tells the story to Captain Walton.
      - THIRD LEVEL NARRATION
        
        The Monster tells the story to Viktor Frankestein.
      - FIRST LEVEL NARRATION
        
        Captain Walton(external narrator) tells the story to his sister.
  - - - WILD AND SUPERNATURAL in the sense OF MYSTERIOUS AND FEARFUL reference in this terryfing descriptions with a background of ancient settiings.
      - Beautifl but at the same time terrifyng description that can be traced back to the aesthetic concept of SUBLIME,A NEW CONCEPT OF BEAUTY(cit. E:BURKE).
      - MEDIEVAL CONNOTATION: Middle Ages architectural style.
      - CHARACTERS :evil impulses,overreactive,passionate.
  - - - WALTON
        
        • External narrator
        
        • Double of frankestein
        
        • Desire to explore the unknown
        
        • Tries to challenge nature but fail,like Prometheus
      - FRANKESTEIN AND THE MONSTER
        
        • They are linked together from this sense of alienation and isolation
        
        • Frankestein represents the forbidden knowledge of daring
        
        • The MONSTER represents the inner part of the scientist
        
        • The Monster become an outcast because of the people’sprejudices for its physical appearance
  - - - • The Figure of the overreacher
      - • The double(doppelgaenger)
      - • Forbidden science
      - • The overcoming of natural and divine rules
      - • From the "bon savage" to outcast"
      - • social prejudices
      - • education and experience
- - - - All this losses influenced the author
        
        Connection between LIFE and DEATH.
        
        Lot of emotional suffering from the deaths of:
        
        • Her mother
        
        • Her stepsister
        
        • Her husband
        
        • Her child
        
        • Many miscarriages
      - She eloped to France with his husband Percy B. Shelley.
    - - Mary Woolstonecraft (mother): Feminist ----> VINDICATION OF THE RIGHT OF WOMEN.
    - - William Godwin (father)
        
        She grew up in a settings of radicalism and supporters of the Enlightenment.