Consider the novel Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus, written by Mary Shelley, and mark the correct answer.

The novel is constructed of four concentric layers, one within the other. In the outermost layer, Robert Walton, in his letters to his sister, describes his voyage towards the North Pole and his encounter with Victor Frankenstein. In the main, middle layer, Frankenstein tells Walton how he created the monster and abandoned it in disgust, how it avenged itself by murdering all those he loved and how he finally turned and pursued it. In the very center, the monster (or creature) himself describes the development of his mind after the flight from the laboratory and his bitterness when men reject him. And the other layer is composed of the letters Robert Walton’s sister sends him while he is away on his journey.

The novel is about a student of natural philosophy who learns the secret of imparting life to a creature constructed from bones he has collected in charnel-houses. The story is known as a study of the macabre rather than a study of how a man uses science to manipulate his own destiny and is regarded as the first gore gothic novel in literature.

Frankenstein was written during the Romantic era, which was an artistic, literary, musical and intellectual movement that originated in Europe toward the end of the 18th century and in most areas was at its peak in the approximate period from 1800 and 1850. Romanticism was characterized by its emphasis on emotion and individualism as well as glorification of all the past and nature.

The two main female characters in the novel, Elizabeth and Caroline, who are respectively Victor Frankenstein’s wife and mother, shared the same fate in the novel and perished by the hands of Victor’s wretched creature.

The story that originated Frankenstein was initiated in 1816, and first published in 1818. Nevertheless, a revised version came to public in 1831 and became the one best known by the readers. It is in this latest version that Shelley included a bride for the creature.