The Monster in the Mirror: Mary Shelley¹s Life as Revealed by Frankenstein One cannot begin to understand the full implications of this work without first knowing something of the author and the incessant tragedies which haunted her with bouts of chronic loneliness throughout her entire life; the effects of which provided the major themes for this novel. Mary Shelley was born on August 30, 1797, in London, England to two literary giants, father, William Godwin and …showed first 75 words of 1632 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1632 total…had a wife and child. Like Frankenstein, she committed an obscene act which estranged her from her family and her native English fellows and consequently she led a lonely life. . The various geographic settings of Frankenstein are frequently desolate and occupied by only one or two characters, the scenes convey a sense of isolation and danger brought about by the reverential power of the natural elements which dominate the territories unexplored and untamed by humankind.