The discussion of these topics has been prevalent in every society since the novel's creation, from the science and technology of Mary Shelly's society, to our science and technology today. ... This revolution also played a significant role in the Romantic Movement, which Mary Shelly's husband, Percy, was a large part of. ... Percy Shelly and Darwin were having a conversation on the generation of life, and this is where Mary got the idea for the story. ... Darwin and some of the physiological writes of Germany, as not of impossible occurrence" (Shelly). Shelly's tale was ...

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In my opinion this theme of man's search for knowledge ultimately leading to "fall" of humanity is also present in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. ... Shelly wrote in her introduction, "Frightful must it be for supremely frightful would be the effect of any human endeavor to mock the stupendous mechanism of the creator of the world" (viii). ...

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