<em>Shelley's novel, Frankenstein: or, the Modern Prometheus (1818), is a combination of Gothic horror story and science fiction. The book tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a Swiss student of natural science who creates an artificial man from pieces of corpses and brings his creature to life.</em>
When things are bad it tends to break a person down. So at that point you're at your lowest and you have the opportunity to make adjustments to yourself and your life as you try to work through the situation.