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.

Folklore

The romantic era didn't just pop out of the blue, but evolved from democratic ideologies of the age of revolution and folklore legends.  The reason people believe this is that songs and legends have been left behind showing us what was written and developed.  Though due to the folk movement it became a common language for humans to shine through out the era.
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Science:Humphry Davy Inventor of the First Electric Light Connection Post

I think this can relate to Frankenstein because obviously people needed a way to light there houses or light there way while in a dark area. Also when the people went after the creature or when Frankenstein was looking for body parts he could have been using Humphry Davys Electric Light.

Science:Humphry Davy Inventor of the First Electric Light.

 Humphry Davy invented the first electric light in 1809. He created this light by connecting two wires to a battery. Then he connected a charcoal strip between the other ends of the wires. The carbon would glow from this thus creating the first electric (arch) lamp.
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At the University of Bologna in Italy, noted surgeon Luigi Galvani was investigating the effects of electricity on animals. It was not an unusual line of inquiry. Researchers knew electrical shocks produced violent spasms and speculated that electricity might cause muscular contractions.

On January 26, 1781, while dissecting a frog near a static electricity machine, Galvani's assistant touched a scalpel to a nerve in its leg, and the frog's leg jumped. Galvani repeated this and several other experiments, observing the same violent muscle spasms. He also noticed that frog legs occasionally twitched when they were hung from a brass hook and allowed to touch an iron trellis, so Galvani joined a length of each metal together to form a brass and iron arc that made the leg muscles contract when touched.
But where did the electricity come from?

Galvani, who called it "animal electricity," believed it resided in the frog itself. He thought that the bimetallic arc merely conducted the electricity from one part of the frog to the nerve, causing the leg to jump. He published his findings in 1791 and, as the story goes, came to be known as the frog dancing master.

Isolation in Frankenstein

Mary Shelley uses icy glaciers to give off the aura of loneliness. Arctic areas are completely deserted so it's not surprise that they were used as the setting throughout the novel. The creature says at one point "The desert mountains and dreary glaciers are my refuge. I have wandered here many days; the caves of ice, which I only do not fear, are a dwelling to me, and the only one which man does not grudge." This shows how the creature has been rejected and is forced to live in the icy mountains alone solely based upon his looks.

 

Isolation in Gothic Literature

A common element used in Gothic literature are feelings of despair and isolation. This can make the reader feel sympathy for a character even if they may not deserve it. Gothic literature strives to create a dark and menacing setting and by adding intense feelings and depressing moods, it adds to the aura of terror and mystery. This is why dark castles, towers, mysterious corridors, etc are so popular in Gothic literature. Mary Shelley's use of an ice glacier is an example of isolation in Frankenstein. It wasn't a dark castle of mysterious corridor, but it did give off a feeling of loneliness and despair.

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