191 Years Later and the Monster Lives on...

"There's a bit of the creature in all of us." writes Stephen Whitty, a journalist for the Star Ledger; and he is absolutely right. His article describes how metaphorical monsters are and how they can be more symbolic than anything. Our fears are direct results from horror films, novels, or plain old society, no matter how unrealistic they may be. However, in Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein", she did not want how dangerous, or frightening, the monster was to distract you from what she was really writing about. Loneliness, suffering and grief are only few of her main points to get across through out the novel. Shelly knows first hand about loss, grief and loneliness, for she experienced several deaths in her life; all of them being people close to her heart and in her life. Everywhere she turned was death, it's no wonder she was able to create such a dark story. 

Many people can relate to the monster in her story because they know how it feels to be left alone, or abandoned; if not by your parents then possibly by your friends. The readers are able to sympathize with him and justify his behavior because they were there at one point in their life. I'm sure many have wanted to force pain onto others, but were able to refrain because they know of the consequences; unlike the monster. We all have a monster inside of us, just dying to come out.