In the 18th and 19th centuries, science fictions with an element of horror became quite popular with the masses. An Englishman named Horace Walpole first introduced horror as a permanent feature in most of his writings during the 1760s. Since then many writers started writing such stories including science fictions with amazing success. The Frankenstein’s monster is one such example that attained worldwide popularity.
The story of Frankenstein was published in 1818 which had a scientific flavour with imagination. It is about the creation of a monster that ultimately destroys its creator. With its elaborate narrations of mystery, horror, outrage, madness and spirit of revenge – this character maintains the trend first started by Walpole. The basic idea behind the creation of the monster was to show the power of science – how a dead person becomes alive and the subsequent consequences of it. The trait induced in Frankenstein makes it a reactive and suffering creature that wavers between good and evil.
But do you know who the creator of Frankenstein – the monster was? She was Shelly Mary Wollstonecraft, the daughter of William Godwin and second wife of the famous poet P.B.Shelly. She was born on 30 August 1797 in London. She spent much of her life editing her husband’s works after his death. Among the novels she wrote, the most famous was Life and Adventure of Castruccio.
However, in spite of her many notable works, her name is mainly attached to the creature she portrayed in Frankenstein. This novel was transformed into feature films in many versions all over the world.
Mary Shelly died on 1 February 1851 at the age of 54.