FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
MARY SHELLEY
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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TRUE
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FALSE
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -In 1816, Mary, Percy, and Lord Byron had a competition to see who could write the best horror story. After thinking for days, Shelley was inspired to write Frankenstein after imagining a scientist who created life and was horrified by what he had made.
Detailed explanation-2: -However, Victor Frankenstein is likely more directly based on Mary Shelley’s husband, Percy Bysshe Shelley. Mary ran away with Percy Bysshe Shelley when she was a teenager, and they fled to Switzerland, where they stayed with Percy’s friend Lord Byron.
Detailed explanation-3: -Mary Shelley recalls the ghost story competition at Villa Diodati in the Preface to her 1831 edition of Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus.
Detailed explanation-4: -Inspired by reading German ghost stories, they challenged each other to a ghost story writing contest. Mary Shelley began to write Frankenstein, drawing from her own experiences with life and death.
Detailed explanation-5: -Yes, Frankenstein really was written by Mary Shelley.