Mary Shelly originally wrote Frankenstein as a short story in 1816. Her and three others made a bet as to who could write the best horror story, and Shelley decided to write Frankenstein based on reoccurring dreams she was having. After completing the short story, she presented it to her husband, the renowned poet Perry Shelly, who further encouraged her to extend it into a novel, thus the version of Frankenstein we have today. The novel is comprised of two main characters: Victor Frankenstein and his monster. Although most of the novel is written from Victor's point of view, the monster is allowed to narrate via Frankenstein recounting a conversation.

The character Frankenstein was born a Swiss in Geneva. His parents were relatively wealthy, and provided all that they could for him. They were also caring and given individuals, and adopted a young girl from a poor home, giving Frankenstein a sister, Elizabeth. The siblings befriended a young boy by the name of Henry Clerval, and the three grew united. As Victor got older, he began to fanatically read books about scientific philosophy. These science books, however, were not particularly scientific via chemical explanations, but mor

d introduced him into the world of chemistry and science. As Victor learned more and more, he became fascinated with the question, from where did life come from. He developed his own philosophies and even began testing them. Once he successfully brought a small creature to life, he decided that it would not prove much further of a task to complete a human. He collected body parts and other organs that he needed, but details of the process were left out of his story in fear that Walton might try the same path. Victor stopped writing letters home, or attending anymore of his classes. He occasionally stopped for food, but only to provide enough energy to continue his experiments. He finally completed the monster and brought it to life through electric shocks. The creature slowly came to life, but Victor was so horrified that he fled from his apartment and into the streets. As he walked along, he ran into Clerval, who had come to University after convincing his father. U!

Once back in Geneva, Victor's father began to inquire when Victor would take Elizabeth as his bride. Knowing that he had a task to do, he agreed with his father that he should tour Europe with Clerval, whereupon he shall return to wed his sister. Frankenstein needed these two years to both research creating a female of the same type and the actual process. After collecting the needed information, Victor settled in Scotland to complete his task, while Clerval remained in London. While he built the female, Victor constantly questioned whether he was doing the right thing, and one night, seeing the monster peering through a window, he destroyed the new experiment he had begun. The monster entered some days later, and after a brief scolding, told Victor before leaving only that, "I shall be with you on your wedding night."

view of Frankenstein, the character is used to display the chaos resulting from man playing God. During his experiment, Mother Nature plagues him with sickness. Once the monster is complete, nature further punishes him with the deaths of numerous family members, sending him into a mad frenzy, and eventually dying alone, sick, and at the young age of 25.

The other main character is Frankenstein's monster, who remains nameless throughout the novel. The monster appearance lives up to its title; the monster had stitches all over its body from where body parts were put together to create his body. He also stood a towering seven feet tall and possessed incredible strength and ability. He could live in heat, cold, and other conditions that would otherwise kill most men. Most importantly, though, he had the mind of a genius, able to absorb and process information at an incredibly accelerated rate. So fast, in fact, that he learned Swiss and spoke with an extended vocabulary and without stutter at the age of two. The monster is used to both illustrate the hideous results of Frankenstein's experiment, and also as the perpetrator of the murders of Frankenstein's family.

Frankenstein wallowed in self-pity, roaming around the immediate countryside, and finally decided to take a ride on a boat to try to ease his mind. He fell into a slumber, and the tide took him all the way to Ireland. There he was immediately imprisoned, being suspected as the murdered of a corpse found the night before. When brought to the body, Victor looked and found that it was Clerval!

There are three other characters of importance in the novel; Henry Clerval, Elizabeth Frankenstein, and Robert Walton. Little information is given about Clerval, except that he has the same ambition as Victor, of good nature (shown by his care of Victor while he was ill), and also comes from a wealthy family. Elizabeth's origins are hazy, but apparently she was born to a poor mother, who then gave the child to another poor family. While passing through a small village, Victor's parents found the girl, and, mesmerized by her breathtaking beauty, took her under thei

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