The critical response that I am choosing as my topic in this blog is from Christopher Small titled
"[Percy] Shelley and Frankenstein". In it Small is commenting on the characters of Victor Frankenstein and Percy Shelley being of the same likeness. Christopher Small points out that Victor and Percy both had similiar learning objectives in life and that the name 'Victor' itself was at one time a pseudonym that Percy used as an early author and that much of his writingg dealt with victory. Also used in this essay is that at the time the general reading public would always relate the word victory and name Victor with Percy. The character of Elizabeth in
Frankenstein was also Percy's mothers and sisters name.
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I think that this is interesting and proof to the fact that authors write about who and what they know, even in fiction. historically there has been much said about Percy's involvement in
Frankenstein. Mary claims, as does Percy, that the idea of the book was percieved by Percy and Byron and that it was their discussion about the origins of life that gave Mary the idea. Also of noteworthiness is that Percy was the primary editor and pushed the publication of
Frankenstein. I believe that Mary wholeheartedly wrote the book with Percy's encouragement and support.
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Wow, great post! I think you did an really good job at summarizing the article. You brought up things that I completely missed. I like how you pointed out the fact that about the name "Victor". Great Job
ReplyDeleteWow, there is knowledge new to my mind. I did not know the facts around Percy being the editor and Elizabeth being Mary's mother's/sister's name. The realization that Percy's story's had a theme of victory and that that was the origin of Victor's name in Frankenstein was nice to read.
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