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Frankenstein
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Compare and contrast the authors portrayal of Victor and the creature in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein The novel "Frankenstein" was written by Mary Shelley in 1816. Shelley was born in 1797 in Somers town London. Her mum died just ten days after she was born. Shelly had four miscarriages throughout her life and maybe this had an influence on why she wrote about death and creation. It was during Shelley's stay with Lord Byron at Lake Geneva that the idea for the novel "Frankenstein" came about. Having had their outdoor excursions curtailed by rain they took to reading horror stories by the fire at night. It was during one of these evenings that they all agreed to write a horror story. However Mary was the only one of the three to complete the tale. In the time the novel was written there was a conflict between science and religion....
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