“London Greenwich” by Albertistvan, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Greenwich is an administrative division in England. Much of Greenwich is reserved for wide, open public areas and fields, but there are several places of interest in the area such as the Royal Greenwich Observatory or the Old Royal Naval College. The observatory is a place that is known for its age, and is regarded with respect in that right. In Frankenstein, Greenwich is mentioned in passing, as a place that Victor visits with Henry early on in book 3 during the two-year span in which Victor has allotted to construct the creature’s other. It’s only mentioned as a place he knows, but considering the areas connections with England’s military, it might be...

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Tilbury Fort is a fortress that was commissioned by King Charles II in 1667, following an earlier defeat. It has since been the site of much activity. During the time the novel was written, though, it wouldn’t be getting much use. Many of the fortress’ faculties are still standing to this day. In Frankenstein, Tilbury Fort is a place mentioned in passing. During the beginning of Victor’s two-year exile with the intention of creating a female companion for the creature, this is one of the places that he and Henry pass by. It makes Victor remember the Spanish armada, a naval force created during the discovery of the new world, which implicitly speaks to his ideas for pushing the boundaries of...

South America is a continent that is mostly in the southern hemisphere and completely in the western hemisphere. This continent is south of North America, and contains countries such as Brazil, Chile, Argentina, and many more. It is briefly mentioned in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein when the creature asks Victor Frankenstein to create a female counterpart of his species. In his proposal, the creature says that he and his counterpart will flee to South America where Frankenstein will never see or hear from them again. During the early 1800’s all Spanish territories in South America gained their independence from Spain and the power of the Catholic church was also decreasing. Because...

Greece is a beautiful city located in Europe; home to many philosiphers, Greece is mentioned in Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstien three times. The first time in the Volume one, Preface, and simply discussing tragic greek poetry, and the great works thereof. The second time Greece is mentioned is in Volume one, Chapter three. We're discussing the rightchessness of the human mind, and how if the human kind followed the calm and peacful mindset history might've played out different, specifically how Greece may have never been enslaved. The third and final time Greece is mentioned in the novel is talking about the plan of education, and what is going to be happening. There wasn't a lot in my research that I felt really added to the novel or the...