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Relationship between Life of Frankenstein’s Author and Her Literature

Frankenstein is a book that talks about the story of Victor Frankenstein a young scientist

who created a lab-made creature. The author of this novel is Mary Shelley who was a British

writer. She was born on 30th August 1797 in London. Nevertheless, the main aim of her book

was to entertain as well as disturb the mind of the audience. She stresses the psychology of the

story which distracts the minds of the readers. This paper describes the correlation between the

life of Mary Shelly and Her book Frankenstein, and the impacts of historical events, people,

career, and personal experiences on her book, and the significance of the book to other writings.

To begin with, historical events influenced the writing of this novel. Mary Shelley wrote

this book during her European travels. Besides, she was staying in Geneva alongside Lord Byron

who was a poet. She fantasized about Frankenstein in response to the competition of writing a

ghost-story among fellow writers (Cook & Alexander 245). Moreover, she traveled to Southern

Germany which was not far from the Frankenstein Castles near Darmstadt town. Mary heard

rumors of a strange discoverer there who appealed to have learned a solution of life. On her way

through the forest in Rhine Valley, she heard about Dippel who was alleged to experiment with

bodies of the dead at Frankenstein Castle. Dippel argued that he found an approach to live

longer. For example, he claimed that he could bring back life by injecting the body with a

mixture of blood and bone from the human and mammal corpses. The novel applies the idea of
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Dippel when Victor Frankenstein who is the main character makes the monstrous creature using

animal bones. The nightmare in Geneva inspired her to write the story.

Consequently, the author’s social environment impacted the story of Frankenstein. Both

of Mary’s parents were authors. As a result, the works of literature of her father and mother

motivated her to become a novelist. Her mother wrote about the rights of women in society

which was one of the earliest feminist works. However, readers recognized her father for his

work that addressed political justice and influence on happiness and morals. Mary Shelley was

deeply close to her father who tutored her. As a result, she developed an interest in literature.

Although her mother died when she was young, her literal works influenced Mary Shelley

(Aprilyandi, Byrendra & Ismiyati 98). Percy Shelley who was her husband convinced her to

write a full story rather than a short story. Hence, the short story became a full book with several

chapters. Different individuals around her helped her to develop her novel. Nonetheless, Lord

Byron inspired her through their stay together and the stories they made together. He proposed

that each participant in their writers’ group write a story. Therefore, the idea made Mary Shelley

come up with the story of Frankenstein.

Additionally, the novelist’s professional career contributed to the development of the

book. Mary Shelley was a travel writer, novelist, and biographer. Also, she promoted her

husband’s poems and writings as well as edited them. The knowledge and skills she had as a

writer helped her to write this book (Boisvert, Raymond 11). Besides, her creativity made her

come up with stories that attract countless individuals worldwide to read her novel. During her

interaction with her colleague authors, she got opportunities to explore more about writing. She

continued to gain more experience in the field of literature through an encounter with various

literal works.
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Moreover, some personal perspectives and experiences of the writer influenced the

writing of the novel. Mary Shelley faced violations in her marriage such as verbal abuse from her

husband. For this reason, she encoded her sufferings in the novel because she was still a teenager

and could not deal with it deliberately. The monster in the book represents what her husband did

to their love (Sherly & Dwi Putri 8). Besides, the dream she had in Geneva which had feelings of

depression made her create the story. The terrible nightmare image represents her child that died

because her husband failed to support her. Also, Mary was taking care of her son William while

writing the book. This name was also her father’s name. As a result, in the book, William is the

name of Victor Frankenstein's younger brother. Mary Shelley became guilty after causing two

deaths of two individuals indirectly. The deaths include her mother who died when giving birth

to her and her husband’s first wife who died after Mary left her alone to get back to the European

journey. Consequently, she personified this experience which made her write a good horror

story.

Correspondingly, Mary’s Frankenstein influenced other writings in the literal world. This

novel influences subsequent novels that deal with fiction, and supernatural stories. Besides, other

authors follow the techniques that Shelley used in her book. The book represents the personal

feelings and experiences of the author which encourages other authors to express their views

through the literal works blatantly. Also, it enhances scientific innovations because the book tells

the story about creating creatures through the use of science (Shafer & Audrey 275).

Achievement of artificial intelligence is the leading occurrence in the history of advancement.

Conclusively, social surroundings, work, past happenings, and experiences of Mary

Shelley influenced her writing. The book is also vital to other kinds of literature of the same kind

because others can learn from it. Moreover, it shows humans’ lack of responsibility for their
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problems. In the novel, Victor failed to take responsibility for the monster he created. As a result,

he wanted to destroy the creature after failing to take care of it. Also, the novel makes strong

emotional demands to deep desires for immortality in man and for understanding the origin of

the human being.

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