ion. Shelly is skilled in the areas of chemistry, botany, and physics but little of this information got into her novel (Rieger 3214). Although Shelleys novel deals mostly with dark and evil images, she does make a comparison with good and the bible.At the end of the narrative, Frankenstein again compares himself with the prince of over reachers. Frankenstein regrets the result of his extraordinary efforts, though he is not ashamed of making this effort in the first place (Kiely 3208). Shelley used the cause and effect method here. Frankensteins cause was to create human life but the effect was not to his liking (Kiely 3209).Shelley used symbolism to relate some characters in her novel to real life people. The monster is a symbolism of Adam and Satan. The monster realizes that he is either Adam, destined for eternal grace, or Satan, doomed to eternal darkness (Goldberg 3205). The monster likes to compare himself with Adam before the creation of Eve, but Satan is an even Eitter emblem of his condition (Kiely 3213). The monster encounters books envying Satan because he is drawn to the fact that Satan had his companions (Kiely 3213). All of this symbolism backtracks or in some way leads to the story of creation in the bible (Magill 2422).Shelley, along with the use of symbolism, also incorporates many themes in her novel. A major theme of this novel is the theme of estrangement. This theme is in direct relation with Shelleys own loneliness (Goldberg 3208). Shelleys parents did not except Percy, mainly because she ran off with him and got married which was against her parents beliefs (Magill 2422).Towards the end of Marys life she became desolate and cold. Her grief combined with worry over her fathers misfortunes. As Shelley gave birth to her last and only surviving child, she was at a very depressive state in her life. The birth of Percy Florence Shelley did little to alleviate her sorrows. As the years pasted, Shelley be...
