Hardships And Problems In Victor Frankenstein's Life

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Because as the Author was born in a hard time She become a widow and had lost all her children but one. She had struggled financially and had so much problems in her life maybe she is trying to express he feelings because the story is written is similar to her life
Because Victor Frankenstein had gone through a lot in His life the Death of all his family members a loss of friends so I would conclude the authors purpose is to show the hardships and problems they faced in their life time.

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