How Did Mary Shelley Write The Enlightenment

“Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley is one of the most well-known books in history, however what many people do not know about this book is that Mary Shelley wrote it to satire The Enlightenment (Sylvia 23). A brief summary of “Frankenstein”, is that one day a man named Robert Walton, meets up with Victor Frankenstein, who then tells Walton about his life. Frankenstein’s life started in Geneva where he grew up a happy child. After childhood Victor attends university where he studies natural philosophy and chemistry. During the end of his education Victor decided that he was doing to create the perfect human being, he then started shadowing butchers and studying the human body heavily. With this newfound knowledge of the human body, Victor gathered