Thursday, March 11, 2010

AS SEEN ON TV: MARY SHELLEY

MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT SHELLEY

AS SEEN IN:
'Highlander' - "Modern Prometheus"

AS PLAYED BY:
Tracy Keating

In this televersion of her life, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was inspired to write the story of Frankenstein's Monster after a visit from Duncan MacLeod. Perhaps it was more from knowing that he could rise from the dead, because it couldn't be due to the loneliness brought about by immortality. While "Frankenstein" didn't concern that issue, it was addressed in her story "The Mortal Immortal"......

Back in 2008, I wrote a more detailed look at the life of Mary Shelley in Toobworld, which can be found
here.

BCnU!

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