Mary Shelley - Author Background

                  FACTS ABOUT MARY SHELLEY

• The Castle of Otranto is set in the mideval times.
• Gothic novels were written mainly to scare off the readers
• Mary shelley used some facts of her time to create frankinstein
• Mary is born in Somers Town, Great Britain
• only one child survived during her birth excpet one boy named Percey

 1) What is gothic literature?
2) What is one reason that Frankenstein is classified as gothic literature?1)is part of the Romantic Movement that started in the late eighteenth century and lasted to roughly three decades into the nineteenth century.
3) What is science fiction


2)The solitary character in Frankenstein can apply to both Victor as well as his creation as they both live their lives in social isolation
3)Science fiction explores "the marvels of discovery and achievement that may result from future developments in science and technology".