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1、MaryShellyandHerMonsterItisdifficulttolookintothemostwellknownworkofMaryWollstonecraftShelley,hernovelFrankenstein,orTheModernPrometheus,forsomebiographicalsignificanceofherlifesinceshewroteitbeforeherlifereallybegan,atthetenderageofeighteen.Still,Ifindtheworkitselfissignificantforseveralreaso
2、ns.First,itistheonlysurvivoroffourghoststoriesMary'sesteemedcircleoffriendsattemptedtowriteduringtheSummerof1816whilestayingtogetherinGeneva.ThegroupincludedhermoretalentedandwellknownhusbandPercyByssheShelley,theLordByronandhisphysicianJohnPolidori.Oddly,Marywasbyfartheleasttalentedofthegroup
3、,therestofwhomwerealreadywellknownintheliteraryworld.Secondly,herstory,whichisoftenthoughtofaspartoftheGothictradition,isreallythefirsteversciencefictionnovel.Notonlydidaremarkablegirlofeighteengiveusanewliterarygenre,thatwouldeventuallybecomethevehicleofliterarygiantslikeJulesVerne,H.G.Wells,
4、EdgarRiceBurroughs,IsaacAsimovandRayBradberry,shealsogavetheworldofliberalthinkersameansofpubliclyexaminingcontroversialmattersinanon-threateningway.SomemayrecallthatRodSerling,creatorofTheTwilightZone,quitproducingthetraditionalTVdramasthatmadehimasuccessandearnedhimseveralEmmyawards,entering
5、insteadtheworldofsciencefictionbecausehewantedtodealwithimportantsocialissueswithoutbecensoredbyhisproducers.ItisalsocommonknowledgethatStarTrekgaveusourfirstinterracialtelevisionkissbackinthe1960's.Forallthesci-fimoralityplaysthathavelikewisestretchedourimaginations,forcedustolookatissueswemi
6、ghtotherwiseshun,andbrokenstereotypes,weoweabitofthankstoMaryWollstonecraftShelley.Finally,thestoryofFrankensteinhasenduredandentertainedreadersfornearlytwo-hundredyears,unrivaledatthepinnacleofitsliterarygenre.Ithassincebeenretoldonstageaswellasinmovietheaters.NomatterhowoneistouchedbyFranken
7、stein,orchoosestointerpretitsmessage,itsmeaningseemsassignificantforourworldtodayasitdidin1816.Whetherweseeinitthestoryofabadparentandawoundedchild,theatheisticviewofaworldabandonedbyitscreator,culturalfearandrejectionofthosewhodon'tfit
