Which of the following is an example of a compound sentence? Platt works hard on a cotton farm, and he still gets whipped.
Platt works hard on a cotton farm.
O Even though Platt works hard on a cotton farm, his master whips him.
Platt's master whips him on the cotton farm.

Mary Shelley's mother died in childbirth and in the novel, Frankenstein's mother died when she was caring for Elizabeth who was ill with scarlet fever. She became ill and died just like Mary's did in real life.  Mary Shelley married Percy Shelly. She gave birth to and lost her first child who was born two months prematurely. In the novel, Victor Frankenstein's little brother died as well, mirroring what happened to her in real life. She later had two more children who died. Percy had an affair with Mary's stepsister, Claire which added to her feelings of abandonment. Mary suffered many losses. She had many half-brothers and half-sisters but one in particular, Fanny Imlay, was the one she was closest to. Fanny ended her own life which devastated Mary. She also  It seemed that the ones she was closest to died and she was left with no one to love, much like Frankenstein's monster.

Explanation:

The losses she endured impacted her writing with themes of loss in the novel. She lost many loved ones from her children to her husband which was reflected in the novel. She had feelings of guilt due to the loss of her first child and blamed herself for her husband leaving her for her sister. The novel credits quoted poets such as Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem, "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" which has the theme of guilt.

Frankenstein would not create a mate for his monster so the monster, on the night of his creator's wedding, killed his love. The themes of loss and anguish in the work were parallels drawn straight from her long-suffering life.