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MARY SHELLEY (1797-1851) - Coggle Diagram
MARY SHELLEY (1797-1851)
"FRANKENSTEIN, OR THE MODERN PROMETHEUS" (1818)
Born thanks to a contest in Switzerland
Frankenstein = Prometheus ("Prometheus unbound by Shelley")
Defy God
Punished
Not selfish
Over-reacher
Three narrative levels
CREATURE
No name (3 reasons)
At the beginning like a child
Cottage where he learned to speak (Felix, Agatha and the blind father)
GENRE
Epistolary novel
Science fiction novel
Novel of purpose
Gothic Novel
NATURE
Benign entity
Sublime
UNCONVENTIONAL
Mother and father against convention
Elopement with Shelley