The Real Monster In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

"It's alive! It's alive!" Many people in today's world would recognize this famous saying from the classical novel by Mary Shelly called Frankenstein. Generally, when people hear the name, Frankenstein, they would immediately begin to think about the monster involved in the story. Although, if someone was to read the actual novel by Mary Shelly, they will come do discover that the name, Frankenstein, is not the name of the monster, but the name of the doctor who created the monster. In fact, the monster that Frankenstein created, was not given a name at all. It's interesting, because the inspiration for the story of Frankenstein, came from a nightmare that Mary Shelly experienced one night. Although, before the life changing nightmare, she

The character who is writing these letters is the explorer Robert Walton, and he is writing to his sister, Margaret Saville. In the first letter, he explains to his sister that he is getting prepared to go on a voyage to the North Pole, and feels like he needs to accomplish some great purpose. At first, this was something that readers don't intestinally expect when they first read the Frankenstein. Personally, there was an expectation that the novel will start off when Victory Frankenstein begins to start digging up corpses and harvesting their body parts to create the monster. The next two letters, Walton begins to feel lonely and a little bit isolated, and feels that no one else on the boat is as sophisticated as him. It's ironic, because later in the novel, the monster will go through the exact same experience. The next letter, will then be the spark to the start of the actual story the readers are ready for. In the letter, Walton explains seeing a large being crossing through the ice, then a smaller one right behind it. The ship recovers the smaller body, and it turns out to be Victor Frankenstein, and he will the actual story readers are wanting to read. It's interesting, because the novel begins in the present time, and is about to go into the past, and will hopefully build up to the present in the end of the novel. The whole purpose of the letters

Now the story has begun, Victor Frankenstein will basically give some background information that is very crucial to the story. He was born into a wealthy family, and was highly educated, and in fact, he was very good at natural science. This gives the readers an idea that what Victor Frankenstein did was an intention, and not by accident. The readers are also aware of Frankenstein's family and friends, which each will become a crucial characters in the future of the story. While his studies at his university, Victor Frankenstein was able to make a discovery that would bring people back to life. Because he discusses this, readers are able to foreshadow about what is about to happen next in the story. So Frankenstein goes around graveyards and digs up different peoples body parts, like arms, legs, internal organs, and other important pieces needed to function a human body. Then, Victory Frankenstein will put all of these body parts and create a very large, but at the same time, very disturbing creature and will bring it to life. At this point in the story, readers have finally reached the point where they wanted to read in the first place. Although there is still the question, "Why is Victor Frankenstein and the monster in the North Pole?" Because of the letters in the beginning, and the background story leading up to the creation of the