Every artist draws inspiration from somewhere, and this inspiration shows in their work. Delving deeper into Mary Shelley's life, it's easy to say that the inspiration she drew to create her novel Frankenstein came from her own personal experiences. Frankenstein is full of parallels with Marry Shelley's own life. It's not just a coincidence either, Mary Shelley makes various references to members of her family (especially by name), places she visited, and situations she faced herself. All these experiences are documented in his novel Frankenstein. Starting with the names of some of the characters are Frankenstein; Mary Shelley took inspiration from her own life to give the characters in Frankenstein their rightful names, starting with the most important character, Victor Frankenstein. Victor was a pseudonym of Percy Shelley, Mary Shelley's husband, taken early in his life (Badalamenti 428). Badalamenti also stated that "Percy saw his father as tyrannical" and chose the name Victor "to feel triumphant over him" (428). Just as Percy was trying to surpass his father, Victor was trying to surpass nature and create a new species. Victor is not the only Frankenstein name coming from Mary Shelley's family, Elizabeth, William and MWS's initials all have significant meanings. in Shelley's life. In Mary Shelley's real life, Elizabeth was Percy's favorite sister (Baldick 36), in Frankenstein, Elizabeth was the name of Victor Frankenstein's sister, and also his wife later in the novel. And together, Percy and Elizabeth were family favorites, as were Elizabeth and Victor (Badalamenti 426). William, as you may recall, is Victor's younger brother whom the monster killed in the early chapters of...... middle of paper ...... the monster, could be a symbol of Mary Shelley's deceased daughter. Going through a traumatic experience like this will definitely leave scars that writing can help heal. For example, Victor does this experiment to “renew death” (Shelley, Frankenstein 32), to resurrect pieces of dead bodies (what the monster is made of) to create life from something already dead. Resurrection, what Mary Shelley dreamed of doing to her deceased daughter, literally, as The Journals Of Mary Shelley shows with this short extract “Dream that my little baby would come back to life” (70), it is said. She also continued on this, showing that thoughts of her deceased daughter actually tormented her very much "that it was only cold and we rubbed him by the fire and he survived - I wake up and I can't find a baby - I think about this little thing all day - not in a good mood”.