... as just a scary story. Mary Shelley was writing it as a playful competition. However, this story became very successful. Shelley, knowingly or not, used many literary elements throughout her story. Shelley's use of themes, motifs, and symbols is very prominent. There is more than one theme within Frankenstein; however, isolation is the most important. Isolation has a huge effect of the social skills of both main characters, Victor and the ... me in disgust?" The next literary element Shelley used is symbols. The most obvious symbol is fire. Fire is tied to Prometheus which gives signifi...

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