Frankenstein is a framed story by Mary Shelly that combines science and religion. Frankenstein is full of allusions and references to other literary works, historical and cultural allusions. Allusions range from, but are not limited to: Samuel Taylor Coleridge is the ancient sailor. , Cornelius Agrippa, Albert Magnus, Paracelsus, The Ruin of Empires by Constantin-François Volney, Paradise Lost by Milton, The Sorrows of Werther by Goethe and the famous Elixir of Life. Mary Shelly had some sort of association with many of these writers. Some aspects of the book are inspired by the life of Mary Shelly. Let's start with the philosophers. Albertus Magnus was a German philosopher who was also a saint. He had a deep understanding of science, especially for his time. He was brilliant in astronomy and alchemy. His relationship to the book is that he was one of the main people Victor studied when finding the secret to creating life. The Philosopher's Stone is also said to have been discovered by Albert the Great just before his death. Susan J. Wolfson and Ronald Levao's Annotated Frankenstein says that Albert Magnus believed that science and religion could coexist together. Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa perhaps had the greatest impact on Victor. He was mentioned when Victor told Mr. Krempe about his countless studies. He was also an alchemist like Magnus. But he was also much more, he was also an occultist, a theologian and an astrologer, as told in Frankenstein Annotated by Susan J. Wolfson and Ronald Levao. Paracelsus was a philosopher who taught that the elixir of life could cure all kinds of illness and grant immortality. He also believed that alchemy could create human life. “My dreams were therefore not disturbed by reality; and i...... middle of paper...... it's funny when people run away from the creature because of its outwardly disgusting appearance and it seems to have no reasoning mind, but it This is what differentiates the creature from the typical monster. Its intelligence is almost comparable to Victor's and the creature is much smarter than the people chasing it. The monster's motivations are always either a cry of love, an anxiety attack, or a revenge retaliation. He screamed in anguish after the Da Lacy family fled their cabin after their encounter with the creature, and then the creature had its sophomore outburst by setting the cabin on fire. In retaliation for revenge, he goes on a Frankenstein hunt and kills Elizabeth, William and indirectly Alphonse. He also kills Victor's best friend, Henry Clerval. He tries to find love when he ventures into the villages and tries