Shelley’s “Frankenstein” warns the reader to consider if just
because something can be done should it be done. Twenty years
before Shelley wrote “Frankenstein” Luigi Galvani found that
electricity could be used to cause muscles in the dead to spasm,
opening the door to the possibility that reanimation was
possible. It was in this frame of mind that Shelley began
“Frankenstein”. Shelley puts forth questions that has been
repeated over the centuries by many people (1) Do people have
the right to play God? (2) Can any good come from it? (3) Can
man come to terms with his playing God?. She not only asks the
questions but she, as most good writers, also answers them.
Frankenstein becomes all-consumed as he was creating his
monster, forgoing all human contact so he can create his
masterpiece. Upon completing his creation he really noticed it
for the first time, not just the beauty he was trying to create
but the ugliness of death that lingered around the creations
eyes, skin, and lips. At that moment Frankenstein r