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).
Mary Shelley began her work on the Frankenstein novel on June 16, 1816 when she was 18 years old. She reveals how she came upon the novelâs idea in her introduction to its 1831 edition (4, pp. 361â366) where she replies to the question often put to her as to where she could get such an idea and at such a young age.