Today, Mother; Tomorrow, Daughter

This week will emphasize the mother-daughter combination of Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Godwin Shelley. While young Mary did not know her mother, her reputation, philosophy, and overall adulation by Percy Shelley (I think you remember that fun fact) did give her much understanding of independence, writing, and Romantic inspiration. Tuesday into block day will be the Wollstonecraft presentations, which so far have proven to have similar motifs, analogies, gender roles, and argumentative techniques laced throughout all of the chapters. Wednesday will be the completion of these presentations and the transition into the second generation with Mary Shelley's biography that you will prep and the immersion into Frankenstein, an epistolary novel. I glanced at the calendar, and we will be able to put a significant dent in the novel prior to spring break - yes!