Everything great about Frankenstein

Ideally, I began making a video looking into the overarching reasons as to why Frankenstein (the novel) is such a profound piece of fiction and what specifically, makes it so powerful. But after several attempts to try and form coherent words that could chiefly describe the fervour I have for this novel (and failing), I decided to just write about it instead. After all, who doesn't love an essay of a review? (only joking xD)

Other than the character development, as mentioned in the video, there are 3 other essential reasons as to why I find the novel insatiably evocative.

1. It's scary. When Mary Shelley came up with the idea for Frankenstein, she was spurred on by the knowledge that she had to create something that would be so horrific it would shock all who read the tale. After the idea was conceived- that which freighted her own mind-she knew this novel was bound to shock other readers, showing that she was able to successfully create something powerfully frightening that didn't just win her the praise of the writers who set the challenge of writing a horror story, but also the contemporary audience. The fact it still resonates as a horrific tale of abandonment, violence and abhorrence in today's society just goes to show how effective she was at birthing Gothic literature into this expanding society and instil a resonating horror befitting of the label, horror-story.
2. It's timeless. As referred to in my previous point, Frankenstein still resonates within society today, not just because Mary Shelley was a great writer, particularly because she was only 18 when she wrote Frankenstein, but because even now we see how cruel and tainted society is by all that is negative. We may have progressed in our development of our morals and how we judge less harshly than the Georgian/ Victorian era had done towards any one deemed 'different', but there is still the presence of evil, selfishness and brutality in how 'man' acts. If a corpse were reanimated in today's society, they would still be regarded just as inhuman as Frankenstein's monster in the early 1800s. Failing that, they might even be called on as a freak, mistreated and faced with the technology we have, news of their existence would be spread globally, enhancing the taunts and isolation which would befall their innocent mind. Galvanism may not be a viable option to do such a thing as imagined by Shelley but in the future, there's no saying that we might not have the technology and resources to recreate the horrors of Frankenstein's tale. 
3. Themes. Mary Shelley explores a whole variety of themes, many of which are so profound I cannot begin to explain how amazing it is that she, at the age of 18, was able to involve such deep and naturally conflicting themes into her novel, perfectly befitting of the Gothic genre; not just the genre however, but also so poignant and expressive that they seem utterly necessary to make a novel a success. Such themes include:

• Human psychology (Victor's rapid decline into depression and his increasing feeling of unease and fragility which possessed his years following the creation of his 'daemon')
• Mortality (Here, woven into the tale is this idea that life could yet be made from the dead, however haunting it may be, allowing the previous life to continue in yet another form. Percy Shelley's work touches on this, "No more let Life divide what Death can join together")
• The Meaning of Life (Constantly the monster wonders about his existence and why he is brought into the world looking the way he is, scorned by those who fear him. He also shows need for a companion, since marriage, particularly at the time was an important stage in one's life: this perhaps is what he sees as the purpose of life, in finding a companion)
• Developments in science/ learning (Galvanism was a theory that occupied Victor's mind and led him to create the monster for the mystery of electricity was new ground for his young mind. The possibility to do great things from unknown areas of science was and still is overwhelmingly alluring.
• Good vs. Evil (The innocence and purity of the children and women who Frankenstein's monster comes across gives him hope of acceptance. Only to be torn from happiness does this return his mind to a state of vengeance and want of evil wrongdoings)
• Intrigue (How exactly was the monster created? We know galvanism was a part of it but overcome by sheer terror, Victor does not reveal the endeavours of the monster's creation. Shelley also begins her story with an enigma when a Captain accounts for a mysterious figure boarding his ship in his voyage to the Arctic; it isn't until the end that we realise the whole tale of Frankenstein was recounted specifically for the Captain)
• Science & Religion (This is the most exciting theme that the novel was cast forth into because in many ways the novel also challenged religion. In this we find Victor essentially 'playing God' by creating and bringing a new being into existence. Some would say his punishment for this is the never-ending torture that follows from the creation of the 'daemon'. Furthermore, when the two are confronted with one another after a few years, Frankenstein's monster says that he should have been created in Adam's name-his visage-but that instead he is a monster. He then goes on to say that he felt empathy more so with the Devil who felt envy for his fellow 'friends'. The fact this theme was addressed so specifically is exciting)