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The Life of bloody shame Shelley Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was born in 1791 in London. She is the daughter of Mary Wollstonecraft and William Goodwin. Wollstonecraft was a radical feminist writer, and Goodwin was a writer as well as a philosopher. It was said that this couples combined intellect was dangerous to society however, days after(prenominal) Marys birth, Wollstonecraft died due to complications from the pregnancy. Mary spent a lot of time visiting her mothers grave when she was growing up. Her father taught her how to spell her mothers name by having her trace the earn on the headstone with her fingers, an interesting yet morbid way to teach a seven year old how to spell. Goodwin raised Mary by himself for the beforehand(predicate) part of her life. When Mary was four, he married Mary Jane Clairmont, who also had children from a previous marriage. Mary never fully accepted the stepfamily she always felt equal an outsider. Many of her feelings of loneliness an d longing to know her mother are issues that are prevalent in the novel Frankenstein. These issues are analogous to the search that the monster had for his creator.During Marys teen years, Goodwin owned a publishing company, so the Goodwin household was filled with famous authors and intellectuals. Coleridge was known to visit the house often. On one occasion he glance over the recently completed The Rime Of the Ancient Mariner in their living room, while Mary stayed up past her bedtime to listen. Percy Bysshe Shelley also came to the house on a regular basis to seek knowledge from Goodwin, who was one of his mentors. Mary grew fond of him, and they began their courtship when she was only fifteen and he was twenty. When Mary was sixteen she ran off to europium with Percy, a... ... it has on the horror/science fiction writers today. Works Cited and Consulted1. Caprio, Terry. ( Accessed 23 Oct 00) http//loki.stockton.edu/stk13818/mary.htm2. Frankenstein The Modern Prometh eus Home. U.S. National Library of Medicine. (Last Mod 28 Jan 00) ( Accessed 12 Oct 00) http//www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/frankenstein/frank_birth.html3. Hamberg, Cynthia. My Hideous Progeny Mary Shelleys Frankenstein. ( Last Mod/1999/2000(c)). Yahoo. ( Accessed 15 Oct 00).http//srd.yahoo.com/drst/27147033/*http//home-1.worldonline.nl/hamberg/4. Mary Shelley and Frankenstein. ( Last Mod 11 Jan 00). (Accessed 10 Oct 00). http//www.desert-fairy.com/life.shtml5. Peanutpress.com Mary Shelley. Peanutpress.com A Division of Net Library (Accessed 5 Oct 00). http//www.peanutpress.com/author.cgi/1567/05951560-58839-8414692824