Frankenstein as a Portrait of EvilMary Shelley's Frankenstein is more than just the story of a creation gone wrong; rather, it is a story of evil that compares Victor Frankenstein to Prometheus and his monster as a divine figure. Mary was able to do this because of all the influences she had. These influences allowed him to write a new “modern” Prometheus which did not directly invoke God, but, however, appealed directly to evil. Mary Shelley's influences were enormous. They were her husband, her parents, her friends and her spirit. Her husband, Percy Shelley, was also a great writer. To her, he personified the genius and dedication to the betterment of humanity that she had admired all her life (GEW). And that's probably why Mary let him watch over her so closely while she wrote Frankenstein (Levine, 4) and gave him carte blanche to revise the book (5). Her parents also had a big influence on her. His father was William Godwin and his mother was Mary Wollstonecraft. William Godwin was a philosopher and novelist. Mary Wollstonecraft was a feminist. From a young age, she was subjected to famous philosophers, poets and writers. She was always treated like she was a unique person and her parents had high expectations of her and her potential (GEW). For this reason, she incorporated many of her mother and father's political ideas into her book (Levine, xiii). It was probably thanks to her friends that she wrote Frankenstein. They were all at a party at Lord Byron's villa when they played the famous game that motivated her to write Frankenstein (Patterson). It is assumed that she was the only one who took the game seriously (Levine, xi...... middle of paper ......e being a prime example of the depiction of evil writing that one often found in romantic writing Period in Europe Works cited and consulted Bloom, Harold Mary Shelly's Frankenstein New York: Chelsea, 1987. GEW Biographical Sketch Http://www.cc.columbia.edu/acis/bartleby/shelley/. shel110.htmlLevine, George. The Endurance of Frankenstein Los Angeles: Moers, 1974. Patterson, Arthur Paul A Study in Frankenstein http://www.watershed.winnipeg.mb.ca/Frankenstein.htmlSmith, Christopher Frankenstein as Prometheus. . On Shelley's use of natural imagery http://www.umich.edu/~umfandsf/class/sf/books/frank/papers/FrankWJW.html.