"Just as her fictional scientist found his name forever fused with the name of his greatest creation, so Mary Shelley is forever associated with her greatest creation: her novel Frankenstein. And why not? Shelly wrote it at an amazingly young age (19!), and it is one of the most influential novels of the last two centuries. However, two things are even more impressive than Shelley's age when she wrote it: that the creature she created has moved into our shared reference (like a modern myth), and that her work could speak to so many people and still be so deeply personal as the novel was to her. Frankenstein is rooted in Shelley's life, her family, her philosophies, and her loves."
We could clearly see, Mary and her creation of the book Frankenstein, that she is recording a time in history as well as her personal life. This is evidence that very few people had the urge to explore new horizons; not many people wanted to bother "thinking outside the box". A lot of people during Mary's lifetime thought it was blasphemous to even start teaching others anything other than the bible and standard schooling. Mary definitely took her thoughts to another level and engraved her imaginations to all who have read it since and even now. We can now use this literature to embrace our knowledge and challenge ourselves mentally for life.
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