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Frankenstein - Context - Coggle Diagram
Frankenstein - Context
Mary Shelley
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Percy's wife committed suicide - Mary + Percy got married in France in 1816, aged 16
Byron challenged Percy + Mary - who could write the best ghost story, she wrote Frankenstein
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General overview
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Creature, luddites, French (1789) treated badly + rebelled
Creature warning against dangers of industrialisation - creating 'monsters' which can't be controlled
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Social Background
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The Cult of Domesticity
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The Cult of Domesticity
Identified the home as the 'separate, proper sphere' for women
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Women - calm, nurturing, delicate + virtious creature
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