Mary Shelley incorporating her own grief into Frankenstein (Erin Lyden)

Our class has recently been reading the book Frankenstein, written by Mary Shelley, who has quite the tragic history of her own. Her mother sadly died during birth,  and throughout her life, Mary has always held herself responsible and carried the guilt of her mother's death. Throughout reading her book, I have discovered multiple connections between Mary and the main character Dr.Frankenstein.  Frankenstein obsesses with the idea of death and bringing someone (or something) back to life. This obsession that he posses reflects Mary's own guilt of her mother's death. They both want to revive the dead, as their own way of fixing their pain.  Mary's pain is the guilt she feels for her mother dying and Frankenstein has isolated himself completely, stopping at nothing to get what he thinks he wants.

As the story goes on Frankenstein loses his brother, who was strangled by the monster he created. Knowing that he was ultimately responsible for the death of his own family member brings Frankenstein enormous grief and heartbreak. This is another connection to Mary in the idea that both of them feel they were responsible for the death of a loved one. I hope to discover more connections between Mary and Dr.Frankenstein (and even more characters if possible). I also plan on adding them to this post as I come across them.