... begins to see that the novel reflects Shelley's philosophical views. She alludes to Jean-Jacques Rousseau, a philosopher who captured some focus of her interest. Like Shelley's literary character, Frankenstein, Rousseau was born in Geneva, Switzerland. This philosopher argued incessantly that humans were from origin essentially good creatures, that it was society that has corrupted them. However, he believed ... later, but which also developed during the industrial revolution), that men embody themselves in their creations (Wolff 153). Many critics have accused Shelley of faulty charact...

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