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).
This paper interprets the original 1818 version of Mary Shelleyâs Frankenstein with the assumption that finding the storyâs power to both disturb and entertain is a key to finding why she wrote it. The novel she formed about her remarkable idea of a man-made creature appeals to the reader in two ways at the same time.