During the time that Frankenstein was written (1818), Romanticism was the dominant literary period, and much of the Romantic philosophy can be seen in Mary Shelley's novel. ... One major difference between Naturalism and Romanticism is that while the Romantics believed that they were "driven- by a higher spirit inside of them, Naturalists denied this idea. ... There were many allusions to works of literature; these allusions meaningless to readers who are not familiar with the works. ...

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