Frankenstein is Sort of Like reading Folklore

In Mary Shelleys novel "Frankenstein" there's a hint of folklore derived in it.  Only from stories we've heard about what scientists did back then trying to find out the causes of life and death or even the anatomy of a human.  Though the creature sort of resembles the peasant, lonely, unwanted and doesn't fit in.  His creator has left him to fend for himself in the world and almost like in every folklore there's never a happy ending.  Which is a result in the end of Frankenstein were Victor finds his bride to be murder by the creature.