Measuring the Human in a Monster During the Romantic and Victorian Era in British Literature, the Gothic Era bloomed. Gothic Literature tested the ability to create a story that provoked the more intense emotions and true morals. Mary Shelley was able to critically show and test what makes a person human by having the Monster in Frankenstein show how his compassion and kindness show that he is indeed human, while explaining that the cruel world makes a person inhuman or a monster themselves In the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, Dr. Frankenstein has become passionate about science and revealed that he was able to revive the human body to make a person. Dr. Frankenstein began to experiment and created his own monster, but he was so horrified