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Mary Shelley's mother died in childbirth and in the novel, Frankenstein's mother died when she was caring for Elizabeth who was ill with scarlet fever. She became ill and died just like Mary's did in real life. Mary Shelley married Percy Shelly. She gave birth to and lost her first child who was born two months prematurely. In the novel, Victor Frankenstein's little brother died as well, mirroring what happened to her in real life. She later had two more children who died. Percy had an affair with Mary's stepsister, Claire which added to her feelings of abandonment. Mary suffered many losses. She had many half-brothers and half-sisters but one in particular, Fanny Imlay, was the one she was closest to. Fanny ended her own life which devastated Mary. She also It seemed that the ones she was closest to died and she was left with no one to love, much like Frankenstein's monster.
Explanation:
The losses she endured impacted her writing with themes of loss in the novel. She lost many loved ones from her children to her husband which was reflected in the novel. She had feelings of guilt due to the loss of her first child and blamed herself for her husband leaving her for her sister. The novel credits quoted poets such as Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem, "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" which has the theme of guilt.
Frankenstein would not create a mate for his monster so the monster, on the night of his creator's wedding, killed his love. The themes of loss and anguish in the work were parallels drawn straight from her long-suffering life.
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The excerpt that provides the most details about the main characters' lives outside the railway station is:
D. "He did not say anything but looked at the bags against the wall of the station. There were labels on them from all the hotels where they had spent nights."
Explanation:
"Hills Like White Elephants" by Ernest Hemingway is a short story revolving around the conflict between the two main characters. <u>They are a couple - apparently, unmarried -, and she is pregnant. However, their lifestyle will be greatly affected if she has the child. They live an easy life, comprised mainly of traveling and drinking, as the excerpt reveals:</u>
<em><u>"He did not say anything but looked at the bags against the wall of the station. There were labels on them from all the hotels where they had spent nights."</u></em>
<u>The passage above reveals they travel a lot in each other's company. We do not know much about their lives besides that revelation - what their professions are, why they have the means to travel so much, etc.</u>
She is tired of such a life. She sees it as meaningless, pointless. He, on the other hand, does not want to be disturbed or concerned by the existence of a child. He defends the idea that they are happy the way they are, and that nothing should change.
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I did this portfolio not too long ago. It will take some time to complete but trust me it is not very hard :) For your first question - Imagery is basically just figurative language. It includes metaphors, similes, personification, etc. (which you will be asked to define later in the portfolio). So you can chose any line in the story that shows figurative language of some sort. Then you need to say how this impacted the story (ask yourself what it added, the significance it had, or how the story would be different without it). You can repeat that same answer format for each slide. Hope this helps!