As Kate mentions, "Frankenstein" refers to Mary Shelly's childhood. On the grounds of antiquated tradition, women could not have many opportunities to do what they wanted as men. Even though writing was one of male jobs also. To gain a solid footing and ask for the equality of the two genders, Mary Shelly wrote "Frankenstein" which was regarded as the female creation story to fight against male writing tendency at that moment. As a matter …showed first 75 words of 303 total…

…showed last 75 words of 303 total…to give evidence of women's ability as men--Darwin's theory. It was a kind of challenge, wasn't it? After reading this story, I find that the aim of Mary Shelly's "Frankenstein" was to ward the traditional standardzation about women off. What she looked for was to re-shape men's points of view about women. Shakespeare said, "Woman, thy woe of man." I wonder what will happen if both Shelly and Shakespeare live at the same time. Guess?????