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 Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 3:41 pm
I recently finished reading the original Frankenstein and it's amazing. What's even more amazing is Shelley's life, it's a soap opera just like her book. If you haven't read it, read it and love it. If you have *claps* good for you and tell me what you think.
Most people know the story but for those of you who don't:
Victor Frankenstein is a sceintist who creates a creature from several different people's bodies. He's found in the middle of nowhere and almost dead by Robert Walton and his crew where he tells his life story.
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Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 12:42 pm
She foresaw many of the ethical and technical problems which the age of science would bring about, she was visionary.
If you are concerned about possible misapplications of cloning, stem cell research, eugenics, or any of the new wave of bioscience innovations, she is your conscience.
Her hubby of course was a famous poet, so by becoming an acclaimed writer in her own right, she was a beacon for other women authors of her time a well.
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Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 2:51 pm
That was a given. She had to live up to her mother's name, and not sit in her shadow.
Her husband was a nut case. Yes, his poetry was wonderful, I'll admit to that, but he seemed to be a little odd. He married Shelley (I think) a week after his former wife drowned herself. Mary Shelley was the only one who acted as if she cared, she felt horrible about that. Percy Shelley said "Yay she's dead! I don't have to get a divorce! Let's get married!!!". After that she was obessed with reanimation.
Throughout the whole book you can see her views on it too. There wouldn't be a story without the creature being brought to life (made from many other dead people's body parts). She also stresses her views on the healing aspects of nature which is oddly ironic because her husband drowns in a lake by their house years after this book is written.
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