In her novel, Frankenstein, Mary Shelly tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young Swiss boy from Geneva. Victor, in his attempt to discover the “elixir of life,” creates a terrifying creature (69). On an uncanny November night in Ingolstadt, Germany, Victor succeeds in bringing life to his creation. The triumphant, divine feeling quickly passes when Victor sees the “dull yellow eyes of the creature open” (83). Victor runs from the creature in horror, terrified of the monstrosity he has created. Although Shelley incorporates elements of the gothic into her story, such as the human psyche and death, Frankenstein embodies the romantic ideals of the nineteenth century. Shelley follows romantic conventions by emphasizing the importance and