- a novel about a failed artificial life experiment that produced a monster
- gothic novel and the romantic movement, one of the earliest examples of science fiction
- the character makes a deliberate decision and turns to modern experiments in the laboratory
- electrical experiments on dead animals (Giovanni Aldini)
- warning against the expansion of modern man in Industrial Revolution
- Frankenstein is the human protagonist
- monster, fiend, wretch, it, daemon, are all names for the monster itself
- the monster is hideous, and Frankenstein leaves his creation and attempts to live a normal life
- abandonment leaves his creation confused, angry and afraid
- loneliness is a theme
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