By including the author's name in the title, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein hopes to distinguish itself from previous film versions of the monster saga by suggesting that, unlike those other incarnations of the classic tale, this one is a faithful rendering of the original novel. According to the legend, Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein on a dare during a thunder and lightning scarred night spent in the company of her lover, the blasphemous poet Percy Blythe Shelley. …showed first 75 words of 472 total…

…showed last 75 words of 472 total…accepted by human life forms. Due to this, the monster retaliates with violence. This means that he is only violent because he wants to escape the alienation he faces, but because being violent is how people act toward him, he acts the same towards people. Shelley seems to be criticizing the way in which people alienate others because of their looks. This is how the monster reflects the theme alienation causes distress in the movie