Mary Shelley and her legendary novel, Frankenstein Mary Shelley's success in writing Frankenstein is truly remarkable because she completed her novel at twenty years young in response to the influences of his early childhood. Who would have imagined that a young woman like her could produce a work so horrific and gothic and yet so accurate in its depiction of modern society. Many critics will agree that readers, especially young people, are particularly passionate and interested in Frankenstein because of its similarities to our modern culture. Like the creature produced by Dr. Frankenstein, many people in our modern society bring about their own destruction through the abuse of power. Overall, Shelley's work influenced modern society and the Romantic era in various ways due to his early influences. Mary Shelley had an interesting childhood that helped influence how she wrote her works. Her mother, the writer Mary Wollstoncraft, died when she was just a child. Shelley read her mother's books and her mother became her idol even though she barely knew her (Abbey). At the age of fourteen she met a twenty-two year old man named Percy Shelley. They fell in love and eloped in July 1814, about a month before she turned seventeen. The couple experienced many tragedies during her marriage to Percy. His half-sister committed suicide in 1816 and weeks later, Harriet (Percy's ex-wife), drowned herself. They also experienced the loss of three of their children. The only surviving child was Percy Florence, born in 1819. The couple's marriage also suffered tremendously. Percy had many affairs and the couple were focused and always committed to their rigorous study schedule (Rawson). All these events force Mary... to the center of the paper... the woman is also in the foreground in various parts of the novel. For example, Caroline Beaufort is a mother who dies taking care of her daughter. Justine is also executed because she was found guilty of the murder of William Frankenstein despite her innocence. The female monster Victor was creating for the creature was stopped but Victor feared that she would also become evil. Additionally, Victor's new wife, Elizabeth, was murdered after waiting for years for Victor to return (Abbey). Frankenstein overall had profound effects on the Romantic era and modern culture. Mary not only wrote a chaotic story about the effects that technology and discoveries can have on a person, but also about the ironic vision of modern society. His simple intentions were to demonstrate that Frankenstein holds a profound message beyond the deaths and blood depicted throughout.