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WRITE A GHOST STORY
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WRITE A GHOST STORY
The summer of 1816
- Mary was born in 1797 in London, England.
- Her mother, Mary Wollstonecraft, was a philosopher and one of the pioneers of feminism.
- Her father was William Godwin, a philosopher and writer.
- However, Mary's mother died ten days after her birth.
MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT GODWIN
However, she was imitating others' style, trying to create her own.
- Since Mary was a child, she wanted to write inspired by her parents. She says that her favorite hobby was "writing stories."
- Mary loved to spend time in the cemetery. In fact, she learned to read by reading her mother's name on her grave.
Her childhood
What do you think this is?
- Mary met Percy Bysshe Shelley when she was 16, and they fell in love.
- He was a Romantic poet
- They had their first kiss in the cementery, next to Mary's mother grave.
Falling in love
QUESTION
00:15
- Percy abandoned his wife and child and run away with Mary and her sister.
- Some say that he flirted with Mary's sister...
- They decided to travel Europe and spend the summer in Switzerland.
Scandal!
What happened this year?
"The year without a summer"
The summer of 1816
- The eruption of Mount Tambora caused global cooling, leading to dark and stormy weather in Europe.
- Mary, her sister, and Percy stayed at "Villa Diodati" with two other characters...
Summer
The doctor of Lord Byron
John Polidori
Romantic rebellious poet and a little extravagant
Lord Byron
- Or in a haunted graveyard searching for story inspiration?
- Spend a night in a creepy, candle-lit gothic mansion...
Would you rather...?
- After days and days of rain without even stepping outside the house, Lord Byron proposes a game: each guest must write a ghost story to entertain themselves during the stormy nights.
So... they were bored
- Lord Byron and Percy Shelley started writing a short story but didn't finish it.
- John Polidori wrote "The Vampire"
- Mary Shelley wrote "Frankenstein or the modern Prometheus"
Who won?
00:30
QUICK QUESTION
Polidori reflects himself in the protagonist of the story, a young Englishman named Aubrey, who becomes the travel companion of the evil vampire.
Polidori wrote about an aristocratic vampire who resembles Lord Byron called Lord Ruthven
Lord Byron didn't like Polidori, and constantly laughed at him calling him "Polly Dolly" Byron began a vampire tale but soon abandoned it and Polidori took his idea.
Some facts about the vampire
Mary was deeply influenced by the losses in her life and the human desire to "play God" by creating life.
She wrote "Frankenstein" before turning 18
Before writing the story, the Shelley's lost a baby, which affected Mary deeply
Mary Shelley had to published her story anonymously Later, she had to defend that she was the writer against some people who claimed it was his husband's story
Some facts about Frankenstein
How would you call your monster?
FRANKENSTEIN MOVIES
VAMPIREMOVIES
QR FOR VAMPIRE'S READERS
QR FOR FRANKENSTEIN READERS