2. When? In the summer of 1816, 19 year old Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin and her lover, the poet Percy Shelley, visited the Lord Byron at his villa beside Lake Geneva in Switzerland.

3. Her Love – Percy Shelley Met when she was 15. He was married. 1 st wife drowned. They married two years later. She had already had 2 of his children by this time. He was a famous poet.

4. The Motivation Stormy weather frequently forced them indoors, where they and Byron's other guests sometimes read from a volume of ghost stories. One evening, Byron challenged his guests to each write one themselves. Mary's story, inspired by a dream, became Frankenstein.

5. What was Science Up to at this Point? During Mary’s time, scientists and physicians were fascinated by the elusive boundary between life and death. Experimented with lower organisms, performed human anatomical studies, attempted to resuscitate drowning victims, and performed experiments using electricity to restore life to the recently dead.

6. Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus The title of the novel refers to a scientist, Victor Frankenstein, who learns how to create life and creates a being in the likeness of man, but larger than average and more powerful. Frankenstein is infused with some elements of the Gothic novel and the Romantic movement. It was also a warning against the expansion of modern man in the Industrial Revolution, alluded to in the novel's subtitle, The Modern Prometheus.

7. Modern Prometheus Prometheus was the son of a Titan the name means "forethought.“ In the battle between Zeus and the Titans for control of Olympus he sided with Zeus and became his chief counselor.

8. Don’t Irritate a god Devised a plan man got the choices parts from the animals used as sacrifice to the gods Made Zeus ticked off Zeus denied man fire

9. Things go from bad to worse Prometheus stole fire Zeus gets mega-ticked Chains him to rock and lets birds devour his liver Liver grew back every night. Next day, same deal. Not fun 

10. Moral of the Story??? Don’t irritate the gods Moral of our story????? Don’t play God

11. Gothic novel and the Romantic movement Gothic fiction is a genre of literature that combines elements of horror and romance. It is generally believed to have been invented by an English author around 1764. Romanticism is a literary movement that originated in the second half of the 18th century in Europe, and gained strength in reaction to the Industrial Revolution. It was a revolt against aristocratic social and political norms of the Age of Enlightenment and a reaction against the scientific rationalization of nature, and was embodied most strongly in the visual arts, music, and literature, but had a major impact on education.