Who was Mary Shelley's inspiration for Doctor Frankenstein?

ceetee

Lord Byron suggested the "competition" that led to the writing of the story, but the actual inspiration came in a dream. "Sitting around a log fire at Byron's villa, the company also amused themselves by reading German ghost stories, prompting Byron to suggest they each write their own supernatural tale. Shortly afterwards, in a waking dream, Mary Godwin conceived the idea for Frankenstein: I saw the pale student of unhallowed arts kneeling beside the thing he had put together. I saw the hideous phantasm of a man stretched out, and then, on the working of some powerful engine, show signs of life, and stir with an uneasy, half vital motion. Frightful must it be; for supremely frightful would be the effect of any human endeavour to mock the stupendous mechanism of the Creator of the world.[ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Shelley Oct 06 11, 1:31 AM

star_gazer

Dr. Giovanni Aldini was the answer that I was looking for. http://www.infernaldreams.net/frankenstein.html Oct 06 11, 10:49 AM