At the age of 16, Mary eloped to Italy with the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, who praised ‘the irresistible wildness & sublimity of her feelings’. Each encouraged the other’s writing, and they married in 1816 after the suicide of Shelley’s wife. They had several children, of whom only one survived.

A ghost-writing contest on a stormy June night in 1816 inspired Frankenstein, often called the first true work of science-fiction. Superficially a Gothic novel, and influenced by the experiments of Luigi Galvani, it was concerned with the destructive nature of power when allied to wealth. It was an instant wonder, and spawned a mythology all its own that endures to this day.

After Percy Shelley’s death in 1822, she returned to London and pursued a very successful writing career as a novelist, biographer and travel writer. She also edited and promoted her husband’s poems and other writings.

Shelley's poem encapsulates metaphorically the outcome of such tyrannical wielding of power - no leader, King, despot, dictator or ruler can overcome time. Overall, this sonnet paints a picture of an egotistical character who thought himself without rival but who was cruel to his people.

At the beginning of speech, she is thanking people on HNS Frontline, care workers, and those who are staying at home, saying that they are contributing to protect all of us. She hopes that the next generation will say that Britons of this generation were strong, self-disciplined and calm, with their National spirit like they have always been. “Together we are tackling this disease, and I want to reassure you that if we remain united and resolute, then we will overcome it". She also reminds her very first broadcast in 1940, where she spoke to children who had been evacuated from their homes for their own safety, saying that today we are also feeling this sense of separation and pain, but also that we recognise that it's the right thing to do. 

I think that Queen Elizabeth wanted to reassure us that if we stay together and work together we will overcome It. As she says "We will succeed. And the success will belong to everyone of us.." "..We should take comfort that while we may have more still to endure, better days will return". I also think that she made a huge impact on people's life with this speech, she knows what to say to make people feel better and hopeful, and she says It with class,dignity and humility.