Aspects of humanity in Shelley's creature

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literature is existent during ancient ages of the world.

Before the invention of words and languages, literature has appeared in the earliest human civilizations.

The great evidence the carvings inside caves that explain how prehistoric people live their life.

The life, in fact, is reflected by the form of literature.

It is meaningless without literature, which is the mirror of human tragedies, desire, and feelings.It is the inspiration for generations, due to the fact that literature is dynamic machine of life that draws multi-dimensional pictures of life.

Literature is everything in anything.

It is also a tool for the foundation of a humanity.

Mary Shelley (1797-1851) is an English novelist, who writes many novels, short stories, plays, biographies, articles, and travel literature.

She is, as a Romantic writer, deals with nature, human feelings, the compassion of humankind, freedom of individuals, and Romantic hero, in addition to Gothic literature’s feature such as the non-rational experience, elements of horror, and supernatural.

Shelley believes that Romantic and Gothic movements reflect of her contemporary life, so the characteristics of these movements have apparently appeared in her works, and have reflected her experience and knowledge of writers and poets of her age has affected her writings.

Due to that fact, Shelley shows many themes in her works and the most common one is humanity.

The best example can be introduced here is the humanity of the creature in Frankenstein:or, The Modern Prometheus (1818).