Mary Shelly (1797-1851) is one of the world's most famous authors and wrote numerous books that are still read and highly respected today. However, his best-known work is Frankenstein. Mary Shelly's first novel, Frankenstein, is one of the world's finest pieces of literature and the definitive novel of the English Romantic era; the novel combines a detailed critique on humanity with many powerful themes, and multiple characters in the novel reflect the tormented woman author of the classic tale. Shelly's Frankenstein is easily considered one of the best pieces of literature in the world. One of the reasons it is one of a kind is the strong feminist nuance present throughout the work. All of Shelly's female characters are inferior to the males; this portrayal of the character was accurate to the time period in which the novel was written, in which this took place. An example of this would be how Shelly described Elizabeth, "Whose hair was the brightest living gold, and, notwithstanding the poverty of her dress, seemed to place a crown of distinction upon her head," when Victor's mother he met her (Shelly 20 ). From the beginning of the novel Elizabeth is presented as weak. Victor later declared, when his mother brought Elizabeth home, that she was “A possession of mine” (Shelly 21). Not only is Elizabeth presented as weak, but also an object to be used as the Frankenstein family wishes. And that wish was for Elizabeth to become Victor's wife, "until her death she would be" Victor's only wife (Shelly 21). She is shown to the reader as weak, in a helpless position, and overall unable to support herself without others; at the mercy of men (Feminism and Frankenstein). Putting fe...... middle of paper...... The History Guide, 2000. 15 February 2011. Web.----------------. “Lectures on Modern European Intellectual History: Mary Wollstonecraft, 1759-1797.” The History Guide, 2000. February 15, 2011. Web.Flaig, Bonnie. “Frankenstein or the modern Prometheus”. Main plots. Ed. Frank N. Magill. Pasadena, California: Salem Press, 1996. 2420-2423. Print.Walter, Sean. "The Romantic Tenants." Wentzville R-IV Public School System. Holt High School Modular 4, Wentzville, Mo. 7 February 2011. Conference.---------------. “Feminism and Frankenstein”. Wentzville R-IV Public School System. Holt High School Modular 4, Wentzville, Mo. February 7, 2011. Lesson.----------------. “Romanticism and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.” Myriad Article, 2010. Web. 19 February 2011. Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein. New York: Bantam Books, 2003. Print