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‘Shelley is revolutionary in the true sense.’ Explain with examples of his poems. Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) was a radical thinker from an aristocratic background, much like Lord Byron. However, while Byron enjoyed society’s approval before his exile, Shelley was more of an outsider from a young age. At school in Eton, he was already seen as a revolutionary thinker. Shelley believed in ideas like vegetarianism, pacifism, and free love, rejecting the institution of marriage because he thought it oppressed women. Interestingly, his father-in-law, William Godwin, shared similar views. Both Shelley and Godwin believed that human beings were capable of becoming perfect through reason. Shelley was expelled from Oxford for his challenge to religious authority, specifically for questioning the existence of God. He also became known for his personal life, as he eloped with two different teenage girls in two years. The second was Mary, the daughter of Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft, w...
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