【正文】 Mary Wollstonecraft (1759 1797), the author of the Rights of Woman, was in the vanguard of feminism. Unfortunately, Mary Wollstonecraft died giving birth to Mary, leaving her daughter in the care of his husband. Mary spent her childhood in a very miserable situation. She could not expect any love from her stepmother. Shelley helped her not only in her life but also in her literary success. She always has conversations with Shelley about life and literature. Most of their conversations aroused her inspiration for her novels. She began writing what she assumed would be a short story. With Percy Shelley?s encouragement, she expanded this tale into her first novel, or The Modern Prometheus, published in 1818, which made Mary Shelley known as mother of the science fictions. The Historical Background of Marry Shelly’s Creation Under the influence of 18thcentury Neoclassical Europe, a large number of ancient Greece, ancient Rome, rewritten or classic or translated into national language, to promote the vigorous development of the Enlightenment movement played a pivotal role. Enlightenment in the 18th century was the most influential ideas, under the background of such a creation of Frankenstein which shows her reflection on the scientific and technological civilization and the power of rational skepticism. Humanism led to people instead of God, man became the measure of all things, and further lead to further development of anthropocentrism Eurocentric. More advanced technology, but technology is also more and more like worship of religious worship. Scientists have bee the new god. Mary Shelley39。除文中已經(jīng)注明引用的內(nèi)容外，本論文不包含任何其他人或集體已經(jīng)發(fā)表或撰寫(xiě)過(guò)的作品成果。s fiancee. With great and agony, Frankenstein chased the monster and finally they died together. The novel has attracted a wide variety of interpretations, ranging from earlier biographical study, to the feminist critics and human nature analysis. The thesis analyzes the Romanticism elements in the novel from the aspects of writer?s life experience, family background and meaning of creation, as well as some Romantic images, especially the monster. Through the analysis, the thesis draws the conclusion that the writer has some deep emotion with Romantic Movement and Frankenstein has close and implied link with Romanticism. Keywords: Romanticism creation background human nature monster I. Introduction Mary Shelley, born August 30, 1797, was a prominent, though often overlooked, literary figure during the Romantic Era of English Literature. She was the only child of Mary Wollstonecraft, the famous feminist, and William Godwin, a philosopher and novelist. She was also the wife of the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. She was born in 1797 and was a female writer in London. In 1816, she got married with Percy Bysshe Shelley, who was a famous Romantic poet in 19th century. Frankenstein is a novel by Marry Shelley. It tells the story of Dr. Frankenstein and his quest to create intelligent life, with dire consequences. It has had significant impact on the literary world, resulting in many Frankenstein inspired novels. The hero Dr. Frankenstein is engaged in people?s life scientific research and tries hard to use artificial method to create life. In his laboratory, he eventually creates an obnoxious and ugly monster through countless explorations. At the beginning, the artificial monster has kindhearted nature. He is full with goodwill and thanksgiving towards people. He asks his creator and people to give him every life right and even asks for a spouse. However, he feels very disappointed when he is always discriminated by people and his creator. So he hates everything and is eager to ruin everything around the world. He kills Frankenstein?s brother and attempted to murder Frankenstein?s fianc233。 thus made it such a miserable wretch in the world. The revenge reflected the monster?s fight for his right. Once he survived as Oedipus did, he would demand his own right of happiness. However, it was reasonable for him to ask for him to ask for his betterment. When he was refused of this basic request, he would naturally take revenge. When God found that Adam was alone in the Garden of Eden, he created a female “ Eve” for him so that he could have a pany. The creation of a female monster in Frankenstein was an interesting reflection of that. The monster demanded Frankenstein to create a female for him so that he could have someone loving him in the world. Frankenstein had no idea but to do what the monster had requested. However, he was afraid of the result of his experiment. Therefore, he destroyed the female monster before she came to life that caused the monster?s revenge on Frankenstein. Frankenstein did so for human betterment because if the female monster became alive, she could possibly be more vicious than the male monster. The end of this novel shows Mary Shelley?s fear about the scientific experiments and her pessimistic point of view. of Romantic Elements in Frankenstein Introduction of Romanticism Romanticism was a movement in literature， philosophy， music and art which developed in Europe in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Starting from the ideas of Rousseau in France and from the Storm and Stress movement in Germany. Romanticism emphasized individual values and aspirations above those of society. As a reaction to the industrial revolution, it looked to the Middle Ages and to direct contact with nature for inspiration. Romanticism gave impetus to the national liberation movement in 19th century Europe. It wasn?t long before Romantic ideas began popping up in the United States. Well know American writers including Edgar Allen Poe, Washington Irving, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson helped shape the literary world of the burgeon