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How Mary Shelley Incorporated Her Personal Experiences into Frankenstein

This essay argues that Mary Shelley's own biography is prominently incorporated into the text of Frankenstein, from the complexities of her childhood to her storied marriage, and the character of Victor.
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Bridget's feedback:

"This looks like an early draft that has done the important work of getting all the evidence down on the page, and the early steps of organizing the discussion into the broad contours of an essay. This part of the writing process naturally encounters repetition and organizational issues, so I recommend starting your next steps there. For example, I wonder if the detailed biography before analyzing the book, with reference back to the biographical detail, is most efficient -- could those two tasks be combined into a focused conversation? To do this, I suggest eschewing following the plot of the novel chapter-by-chapter and instead considering other organizations. Focus the discussion by deciding if you want to examine the parallels between life and art, or if you want to claim Shelley purposefully took inspiration -- this will eliminate some examples due to timing, but will tighten up the argumentation by eliminating claims ("may have just been coincidental") that really can harm ethos.

Once you've hammered out the body, turn your attention to the conclusion: you will want to craft a concluding paragraph that reinforces the main ideas without repeating phrasing (as the current one does). At the level of lower-order concerns, which can be attended to after the heavy lifting tasks of organization and other higher-order concerns, make sure to proofread to catch errors, and especially important, make sure all quotations are clearly and properly set off using quotation marks."

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