... ideal. On putting fame first he says, "My life might have been passed in ease and luxury; but I preferred glory to every enticement that wealth placed in my path" (29). Again Walton's dedication is displayed. This is Shelley's first example in her novel of the dreams in which characters work to achieve. This is simply foreshadowing what will come later in ... is a key feature of science fiction. In recent times prior to the Romantic period, monsters were rare. They seemed to die out after the medieval writings of stories such as Beowulf. Monsters can be seen as fantasy as well simple be...

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