I find Mary Shelley's purpose in writing Frankenstein very interesting because it revolves mainly around the personal issues that she faced throughout her life, and she was able to take challenge and turn it into a masterpiece. It is amazing how Shelley had a nightmare, and this nightmare became the basis of a classic horror story in modern literature. Frankenstein explains the real concept of what a monster is and how humans perceive monsters. The creature that Frankenstein creates is physically very ugly and very disturbing to look at directly. However, even though Shelley describes the monster as physically grotesque, the monster’s personality is different because there are many human characteristics that the monster composes. For example,