Outline For Frankenstein Fact Sheet
CONTEXT: Frankenstein
Biographical Context: Mary Shelley * Parents renowned for their writing – intellectual philosophers of their day. * Mother was a feminist who argued against gender inequity * Father was known largely for his writings on the French revolution * Both experienced unhappy affairs * Shelley studied & published work of both her parents from a young age * Her literary background/parental influence encouraged her to act outside social expectations, ahead of her times, non-conservative & challenges prevailing social conservationism
Literary Context * Wrote during Romantic era. * References to ‘Paradise Lost’ lead to questions about the nature of identity * Typical conventions & styles of Gothic …show more content…
VN War: The moral issues it raised as soldiers were brutalised and desensitised after the killing. * Pessimistic view of future world explain by the dramatic changes the world was undergoing in the 80’s * Scott’s world is of a natural world devastated by technology, population explosions, pollution and consumerism. * Natural world is non-existent, the wealthy can buy it or flee. * Make dominated business rules the world, people struggled to survive.
The 80’s * Global Warming was discovered * Deforestation was a key issue * Gap beChtween rich & poor increased rapidly * Growth of multi-national corporations promoting consumerism * Technology began to invade people’s lives * PC’S in households in first world
Biographical Context: Mary Shelley * Parents renowned for their writing – intellectual philosophers of their day. * Mother was a feminist who argued against gender inequity * Father was known largely for his writings on the French revolution * Both experienced unhappy affairs * Shelley studied & published work of both her parents from a young age * Her literary background/parental influence encouraged her to act outside social expectations, ahead of her times, non-conservative & challenges prevailing social conservationism
Literary Context * Wrote during Romantic era. * References to ‘Paradise Lost’ lead to questions about the nature of identity * Typical conventions & styles of Gothic …show more content…
VN War: The moral issues it raised as soldiers were brutalised and desensitised after the killing. * Pessimistic view of future world explain by the dramatic changes the world was undergoing in the 80’s * Scott’s world is of a natural world devastated by technology, population explosions, pollution and consumerism. * Natural world is non-existent, the wealthy can buy it or flee. * Make dominated business rules the world, people struggled to survive.
The 80’s * Global Warming was discovered * Deforestation was a key issue * Gap beChtween rich & poor increased rapidly * Growth of multi-national corporations promoting consumerism * Technology began to invade people’s lives * PC’S in households in first world