Bullet Points

• Mary did most of her writing when Shelley was out of the house… He spoke about how Frankenstein was the “fruits of my absence”
• The name Victor is represents Shelley in both his pseudonym and in his writing. He used victory as one of his reoccurring themes, especially in his poems.
• Frankenstein’s pursuits parallel those of Shelley. They were both highly focused on sciences and specifically the aspects of magic and the secrets of heaven and earth.
I think the similarities between Victor and Shelley are completely intentional and the reason she wrote the story primarily in his absence suggests her fear of his biases intruding on her work.