Frankenstein is part gothic horror and part reaction to the Enlightenment and Napoleonic Wars. The Enlightenment was a philosophical movement preaching universal rights. It attacked the aristocracy, monarchy, religion, and inequality. The American and French Revolutions and Napoleon were all the result of Enlightenment thought. The bloodshed of the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars led to a visceral reaction against modernism and intellectualism. Frankenstein reflects this conflict between nature and science. It is also an early example of Sci Fi warning against science and technology.
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