Dylan Moran is hilarious in this clip where he states a confessed generalisation
- All Women are Mary Shelly and all men are The Monster
https://youtu.be/Af2vGh3t-o4?si=_YB1yebWcnz_B_NR
Mary Wollstonecraft and William Godwin were Mary’s famous parents. Her father was a radical politician, eschewing democracy for a self-governing world.
Frankenstein is written within the gothic and romantic genre. What is truly fascinating about Frankenstein’s Monster is that its powers are not gained from magic but rather scientific knowledge which was being discussed at the time the book was first published.
Mary Shelly was light years ahead of her time. And to have written her most famous novel at such a young age is remarkable. Like her father, she was a renegade and she idolised both her parents. Her mother was one of the most famous original feminists. A Vindication of The Rights of Woman was her greatest work.
Some say the novel asks the question of whether we should fear monstrosity, the creator of the monster or the monster itself. The whole realm of art and creativity can be examined within this lens. In other words, what do we owe to the things we create?
I love a monster. My favourite movie, as mentioned before, is Silence of The Lambs. Partly because I adore Sir Anthony Hopkins but also because I am fascinated by the fact that we love him, as a monster. And I still wonder, why we do that.
All the best
Stay fab
Adele
