My Monster/My Self

• Frankenstein offers a critique on parenthood. It relates parenthood to monstrousness.
• Frankenstein can be read as an autobiography of a woman.
• Victor's Creation of the monster somewhat parallels Mary Shelley's creation of her book.
• All the female characters in Frankenstein are beautiful and seemingly perfect while the male characters are flawed and have inner conflict. This suggests that women are so incompatible with monstrousness that Victor can't even create a female version of the monster.
• The most striking literary importance of Frankenstein is the story in relation to Mary Shelley's life.