also jack-boot (jÄkâ²boÍotâ²) n. 1. a. A stout military boot with a flared top that extends above the knee. b. A stout military boot that has an often studded sole, lacks laces, and extends to mid-calf.
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein was created in the nineteenth century. This time period has very distinct characteristics in writing and life, many of these characteristics are prominently shown in Frankenstein. The supernatural was very popular in the 1800's this came with romanticism, which was very popular then (Faculty of Humanities, University of Capetown).
In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Victor Frankenstein attended the University of Ingolstadt in Germany. He excelled in Chemistry and other sciences and it was there that he developed the technique to provide life to non-living matter.our years later, in the Spring of 1792, after four years of study, Victor discovers the secret to animating life. After the creature is born, Victor's friend Henry Clerval will rescue Victor from Ingolstadt and nurse him back to health in Geneva.