Concetti Chiave
- Mary Shelley's mother's death shortly after her birth influenced her desire to explore themes of life and death in Frankenstein.
- Her tumultuous relationship with her stepsister after her father's remarriage contributed to her personal anxieties and fears depicted in the novel.
- The scientific experiments Mary and her husband conducted on corpses fueled the creation of Frankenstein through electricity and chemistry.
- Her interest in reading horror and ghost stories provided a literary inspiration for the novel's eerie atmosphere.
- A nightmare inspired by intellectual exchanges with George Gordon Byron sparked the initial idea for Frankenstein.
Mary Shelley's early life
The reasons why Mary Shelley wrote Frankestein are linked to her personal experience:
Her mother died only ten days after her birth.
Scientific interests
She and her husband, Percy Bysshe Shelley were interested in science, in particular in chemistry. They made experiments on corpses.
She was interested in the reading of horror and ghost stories.
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