Frankenstein

Frankenstein, a novel by Mary Shelley, 1818

• also called The Modern Prometheus

Mary Shelley

• her mother was the famed writer and women's rights thinker, '''Mary Wollenstonecraft'''
  • Wollenstonecraft is considered the "first feminist"
• her father, '''William Godwin''', was a famous political philosopher and novelist
  • Godwin was considered a political radical for his attacks on political institutions, "aristocratic priviliege", and religion
  • he was an early promoter of "utilitarianism," a philosophy that sought to create the "greatest good" or "happiness" for the "greatest number of people"
  • Godwin wrote a novel that drew from John Milton's "Paradise Lost"
    • Mary Shelley also drew inspiration from ''Paradise Lost''