Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was born in Somers Town on August 30, 1797 in London, England. Shortly after her birth, her mother died of puerperal fever, leaving her father William Goodwin to care for her and her three-year-old half-sister Fanny Imlay. Elanor Ty said: “Mary has become his favorite child. He called her "beautiful little Mary" and relished the proof of her superiority over Fanny. At the age of seventeen Mary had her first relationship with a man known as Percy Bysshe Shelley who later became her husband. On a cold stormy night in 1816 Percy and Mary spent their time reading ghost stories which later inspired Mary to write her first sketch of what is now known as Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus. father to write. He actually developed such an interest in writing that by the time he was nineteen he had finished one of the most famous novels ever published known as Frankenstein. Mary wrote a total of six other novels, including the most famous novel today Frankenstein. Frankenstein still excites people of all backgrounds, young and old, with its suspense. In Frankenstein, Mary Shelly analyzes how Victor Frankenstein creates a monster but in doing so the only real monster he created was himself. At the beginning of the book Victor talks about his early childhood and how Elizabeth was adopted by his family. Frankenstein was four years old when Elizabeth's mother died. She was soon adopted by the Frankenstein family. Victor's mother thought that Elizabeth and Victor would get married someday. Victor and Elizabeth grew up as best friends. He also met a new friend from school named Henry Clerval. Victor spent his childhood happily with his two good f...... middle of paper ...... became obsessed with his studies. He became seriously ill and created a monster. Then he was nursed back to health and improvement by his friend Henry. Just when you thought everything was getting better, terror struck again. He lost his brother William to the monster. By creating this monster, Victor has become the monster himself. When he created the monster, he killed his brother William, which led to the execution of his friend Justine. The monster later killed his old schoolmate Henry Clerval and the love of his life Elizabeth, which days later caused the death of his father. Everyone he loved around him was dying. The monster didn't know any better, the monster was alone and had nowhere to go, so he took revenge on Victor and everything he loved. Victor was the real monster here by creating one. By creating the monster he caused much devastation throughout his life.