... of Victor Frankenstein are modeled directly from Percy Shelly. Victor was Percy Shelley's pen name and Victor Frankenstein's family also resembles Percy Shelley's in both the father is married to a woman young enough to be his daughter and the oldest son has a favorite sister named Elizabeth. According to Mellor: Victor Frankenstein embodies certain elements of Percy Shelley's temperament and character that ... be insensitive to the feelings of those who did not share his ideas and enthusiasms. (73) Frankenstein's education is based on Percy Shelley's; both were avid students of several...

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