Cook & Alexander 245
Cook & Alexander 245
Cook & Alexander 245
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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
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).
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
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(2020): 275-275.