Question

List the four influences that inspired Mary Shelley to write her famous novel, Frankenstein.

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Frankenstein is a Gothic novel by the English writer Mary Shelley, first published anonymously in 1818. The book tells the life of the scientist Victor Frankenstein, who through his research managed to understand the mystery of the origin of life and learn to revive lifeless matter, creating an artificial person from corpse parts. Later, horrified by the being he had created, he renounces his creation, abandoning him to his fate. The monster, hated by people for his corpse appearance, begins to pursue his creator, first asking him to help him and later with aims of revenge. Frankenstein combines elements of Gothic novels, romantic literature in general, and science fiction; In addition, books such as Paradise Lost or the Legend of Prometheus also served as inspiration for the author.