Shelley’s “Frankenstein” warns the reader to consider if just because something can be done should it be done. Twenty years before Shelley wrote “Frankenstein” Luigi Galvani found that electricity could be used to cause muscles in the dead to spasm, opening the door to the possibility that reanimation was possible. It was in this frame of mind that Shelley began “Frankenstein”. Shelley puts forth questions that has been repeated over the centuries by many people (1) Do people have the right to play God? (2) Can any good come from it? (3) Can man come to terms with his playing God?. She not only asks the questions but she, as most good writers, also answers them.
Frankenstein becomes all-consumed as he was creating his monster, forgoing all human contact so he can create his masterpiece.