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A 9 page paper which examines this science fiction masterpiece from a feminist perspective, specifically considering how the tragedies in Mary Shelley’s life influenced her writing style, and includes other feminists’ points of view of life as a woman during this period. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
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never anything ordinary about Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin Shelley. Her parents, William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft, were considered radical thinkers for their day. Godwin was a liberal philosopher who
only married a pregnant Mary in order to "legitimize" their child (Gilbert and Gubar 237). However, giving birth without marriage would have been just fine with Mary Wollstonecraft, for
she had already given birth to an illegitimate daughter, Fanny Imlay. Wollstonecraft was forever immortalized as after the publication of her 1792 text, Vindication of the Rights of Woman
for being the first feminist. However, her life and career were cut tragically short when she died of puerperal fever shortly after giving birth to Mary in 1797 (Gilbert
and Gubar 237). What should have been a charmed life turned out to be anything but for young Mary Godwin, and these tragedies had a profound influence upon her
writing style. Also, as the daughter of the worlds most famous womens rights activist, there is a sense that Mary may have felt compelled to carry the feminist torch.
There is no doubt that Mary, like her mother, possessed an independent spirit and wouldnt be content being a demure housewife and mother. At the age of 17,
she eloped with Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, already a married father of two. She didnt realize it at the time, but Mary Shelley was charting a tragic (and
deadly) course not unlike that of her infamous protagonist, Dr. Victor Frankenstein. It is recommended that the student who is writing about this subject consider the tragedies of Mary Shelleys
life also influenced her art. When looking at Frankenstein from a feminist point of view, these tragedies manifest themselves in several ways. First and foremost, it is a
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