Social and historical context of Frankenstein by Heather Daniels https://padlet.com/danielh21/xe9clur0q4l Year 9 Supernatural Literature Research en-us 2020-02-03 23:39:45 UTC 2025-11-20 20:47:27 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/26a1.png Was born in London, England danielh21 https://padlet.com/danielh21/xe9clur0q4l/wish/440016142 2020-02-04 00:33:22 UTC https://padlet.com/danielh21/xe9clur0q4l/wish/440016142 Features danielh21 https://padlet.com/danielh21/xe9clur0q4l/wish/440016892 2020-02-04 00:35:58 UTC https://padlet.com/danielh21/xe9clur0q4l/wish/440016892 Writing isabellejoseph https://padlet.com/danielh21/xe9clur0q4l/wish/441348079 She started writing Frankenstein 1816-1817 and published it anonymously in 1818]]> 2020-02-06 03:23:28 UTC https://padlet.com/danielh21/xe9clur0q4l/wish/441348079 water https://padlet.com/danielh21/xe9clur0q4l/wish/441348142 Prometheus is a Titan, a culture saint and a trickster figure who is credited with the production of man kind from clay and opposes the gods by stealing fire and giving it to humanity as civilisation.]]> 2020-02-06 03:23:42 UTC https://padlet.com/danielh21/xe9clur0q4l/wish/441348142 prometheus dou00071 https://padlet.com/danielh21/xe9clur0q4l/wish/441348225 name possibly meaning 'fore thought']]> 2020-02-06 03:24:02 UTC https://padlet.com/danielh21/xe9clur0q4l/wish/441348225 elg0002 https://padlet.com/danielh21/xe9clur0q4l/wish/441348529 fire

]]> 2020-02-06 03:25:03 UTC https://padlet.com/danielh21/xe9clur0q4l/wish/441348529 elg0002 https://padlet.com/danielh21/xe9clur0q4l/wish/441348822 she published frankenstein when she was 21 years old]]> 2020-02-06 03:26:08 UTC https://padlet.com/danielh21/xe9clur0q4l/wish/441348822 prometheus ahm0062 https://padlet.com/danielh21/xe9clur0q4l/wish/441348865 in greek folklore prometheusis a titan who is credited for making man kind from clay/mud and by taking fire from the gods and giving it to humankind as civilization, but when the gods including zeus found out about it, he chained prometheus to a rock and evryday a vulture would come and eat his liver and since prometheus was immortal, his liver would grow overnight ]]> 2020-02-06 03:26:18 UTC https://padlet.com/danielh21/xe9clur0q4l/wish/441348865 dav0037 https://padlet.com/danielh21/xe9clur0q4l/wish/441349068 Mary Shelley had 3 children, Percy, Clara & William Shelley. Her spouse was Percy Bysshe Shelley. When he died it was rumoured that she carried around his heart and when her children died she would keep their hair.]]> 2020-02-06 03:27:02 UTC https://padlet.com/danielh21/xe9clur0q4l/wish/441349068 GOTH AF danielh21 https://padlet.com/danielh21/xe9clur0q4l/wish/441349786 Mary Wollstencraft supposedly lost her virginity on her mother's grave...
šŸ¤”šŸ¤”šŸ‘€]]> 2020-02-06 03:29:59 UTC https://padlet.com/danielh21/xe9clur0q4l/wish/441349786 loss bed00061 https://padlet.com/danielh21/xe9clur0q4l/wish/441349871 Marys life was filled with losing her own people.]]> 2020-02-06 03:30:15 UTC https://padlet.com/danielh21/xe9clur0q4l/wish/441349871 Themes isabellejoseph https://padlet.com/danielh21/xe9clur0q4l/wish/441349990 Loss, guilt, consequences, neglecting responsibility, family]]> 2020-02-06 03:30:41 UTC https://padlet.com/danielh21/xe9clur0q4l/wish/441349990 Mary Shelley lost her virginity on her mothers grave dav0037 https://padlet.com/danielh21/xe9clur0q4l/wish/441350147 2020-02-06 03:31:13 UTC https://padlet.com/danielh21/xe9clur0q4l/wish/441350147 Frankenstein included; alienation, birth and creation, family, ambition, revenge and nature. https://padlet.com/danielh21/xe9clur0q4l/wish/441350511 2020-02-06 03:32:30 UTC https://padlet.com/danielh21/xe9clur0q4l/wish/441350511 Her mother died 20 days after her birth dav0037 https://padlet.com/danielh21/xe9clur0q4l/wish/441350686 2020-02-06 03:33:09 UTC https://padlet.com/danielh21/xe9clur0q4l/wish/441350686 Science 16th-19th century isabellejoseph https://padlet.com/danielh21/xe9clur0q4l/wish/441350772 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_in_the_Age_of_Enlightenment]]> 2020-02-06 03:33:31 UTC https://padlet.com/danielh21/xe9clur0q4l/wish/441350772 science in 18th century was somthing dou00071 https://padlet.com/danielh21/xe9clur0q4l/wish/441351142 in the 1780 ,italian scientistĀ  luigi galvani begun investigating the effects of electriy on animal tissuses .by passing electrical current through the nervel of the dead frogs legs could be made to kick ,twitch.

]]> 2020-02-06 03:34:53 UTC https://padlet.com/danielh21/xe9clur0q4l/wish/441351142 Percy Shelley isabellejoseph https://padlet.com/danielh21/xe9clur0q4l/wish/441351554 There are rumors that Victor Frankenstein was based off of Mary Shelley's husband Percy. After he first child died, Percy allegedly had an affair with Mary's stepsister Claire, and showed totally apathy toward his dead child. This is similar to Frankenstein's actions and behaviour toward the monster.]]> 2020-02-06 03:36:36 UTC https://padlet.com/danielh21/xe9clur0q4l/wish/441351554 elg0002 https://padlet.com/danielh21/xe9clur0q4l/wish/441352072 mary got the idea to write frankenstein from a ghost story competition]]> 2020-02-06 03:38:34 UTC https://padlet.com/danielh21/xe9clur0q4l/wish/441352072 dav0037 https://padlet.com/danielh21/xe9clur0q4l/wish/441352362 the same year Mary started writing Frankenstein her half sister Fanny commited suicide]]> 2020-02-06 03:39:50 UTC https://padlet.com/danielh21/xe9clur0q4l/wish/441352362 Gothic Horror pad00082 https://padlet.com/danielh21/xe9clur0q4l/wish/441352438 Gothic horror is supernatural which cannot be explained completely. It came around in the 18th and 19th century. It includes things likeĀ  gloomy & mysterious places, haunted houses,curses, castles , superheros, romance and more. books and movies about it include Dracula, The phantom of the opera, and Flowers in the attic.Ā Ā Ā ]]> 2020-02-06 03:40:08 UTC https://padlet.com/danielh21/xe9clur0q4l/wish/441352438 Gothic Horror isabellejoseph https://padlet.com/danielh21/xe9clur0q4l/wish/441352738 Gothic Horror and the Romanticism Movement influenced each other and share many similaritiesĀ ]]> 2020-02-06 03:41:34 UTC https://padlet.com/danielh21/xe9clur0q4l/wish/441352738 elg0002 https://padlet.com/danielh21/xe9clur0q4l/wish/441352824 mary wrote frankenstein in the shadow of tradegy]]> 2020-02-06 03:42:01 UTC https://padlet.com/danielh21/xe9clur0q4l/wish/441352824 danielh21 https://padlet.com/danielh21/xe9clur0q4l/wish/441352934 2020-02-06 03:42:39 UTC https://padlet.com/danielh21/xe9clur0q4l/wish/441352934 mood dou00071 https://padlet.com/danielh21/xe9clur0q4l/wish/441352943 the style of writing that is characterzed by elements of fear ,horror, death, and gloom as well as romantic elements , such as nature ,individuality and very high emotion .

]]> 2020-02-06 03:42:43 UTC https://padlet.com/danielh21/xe9clur0q4l/wish/441352943 Gothic Horror is a literature that has a dark and melodramatic scenery and setting. They can have a mysterious and dreadful atmosphere. They often have a terrible and horrendous secret that is life-threatening to the characters. ven0010 https://padlet.com/danielh21/xe9clur0q4l/wish/441353099 2020-02-06 03:43:27 UTC https://padlet.com/danielh21/xe9clur0q4l/wish/441353099 dav0037 https://padlet.com/danielh21/xe9clur0q4l/wish/441353101 Mary Shelley died of brain tumors]]> 2020-02-06 03:43:28 UTC https://padlet.com/danielh21/xe9clur0q4l/wish/441353101 After Mary Shelley got married to Percy Shelley her father disowned her because Percy Shelley had already been married once. This is very contradictory to the fact that later, there are rumors that Mary Shelley's father killed her husband's pregnant first wife to save his daughter's reputation. There is another rumor that Harriet (Percy Shelley's first wife) had committed suicide and drowned herself outside of her lodge after Percy and her separated. Before all of this, and before Percy and Mary got married and eloped Harriet and Percy had already a child together. ven0010 https://padlet.com/danielh21/xe9clur0q4l/wish/441353355 2020-02-06 03:44:42 UTC https://padlet.com/danielh21/xe9clur0q4l/wish/441353355 sma0004 https://padlet.com/danielh21/xe9clur0q4l/wish/441353557 Mary Shelley apparently got her inspiration from a dream after being challenged to write a horror story during the year of no summer. She said that she had a vivid vision of a student kneeling next to a bench with his creation on it. It started to show signs of life before it eventually woke up.]]> 2020-02-06 03:45:39 UTC https://padlet.com/danielh21/xe9clur0q4l/wish/441353557 sma0004 https://padlet.com/danielh21/xe9clur0q4l/wish/441354016 Mary Shelley apparently kept her dead husband's heart wrapped up in poems in her desk draw along with locks of her deceased children. Her only surviving child found them when cleaning out her things after she had passed away. ]]> 2020-02-06 03:47:41 UTC https://padlet.com/danielh21/xe9clur0q4l/wish/441354016 The idea isabellejoseph https://padlet.com/danielh21/xe9clur0q4l/wish/441354819 Mary was travelling in Switzerland when she had the idea for the book Frankenstein]]> 2020-02-06 03:50:56 UTC https://padlet.com/danielh21/xe9clur0q4l/wish/441354819 Yes dav0037 https://padlet.com/danielh21/xe9clur0q4l/wish/441355201

In Mary Shelley's story, Viktor Frankenstein himself is represented as a modern Prometheus because he too is fascinated by electricity/lightning and its ability to give birth to a new creature. In Prometheus's case, this creature is man, while for Frankenstein this creature is a "monster" brought back from the dead.
]]> 2020-02-06 03:52:26 UTC https://padlet.com/danielh21/xe9clur0q4l/wish/441355201 Paying Harriet to Divorce Percy ven0010 https://padlet.com/danielh21/xe9clur0q4l/wish/441355426 Harriet's father had already received 200 pounds for the marriage and for a divorce he paid her 100 pounds and then doubled it the next year since his grandfather died. ]]> 2020-02-06 03:53:30 UTC https://padlet.com/danielh21/xe9clur0q4l/wish/441355426 sma0004 https://padlet.com/danielh21/xe9clur0q4l/wish/441355573 GothicĀ horror is a genre of writing that is based heavily on morality, philosophy and religion as well as supernatural forces. It can include themes such as fear, horror, death, and gloom, as well as romantic elements, such as nature, individuality, and high emotion.Ā ]]> 2020-02-06 03:54:11 UTC https://padlet.com/danielh21/xe9clur0q4l/wish/441355573