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Historically, writers like Christopher Marlowe, William Blake, and PB Shelley, were seen as mad or a threat to society because they challenged societal norms and explored taboo subjects, often at great personal cost. Old English Law defines lunacy as, a person who had understanding but by disease, grief or other incidences had lost the use of his reason while still retaining some lucid intervals. Victor Frankenstein, in Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (1818) experiences grief due to the dismissal of his beloved mother. He was continuously denied opportunities to process his grief. His repressed grief and isolation turned him into an ambitious man, perhaps a madman in the eyes of society. Although Victor wasn't a good person or even a human being with humanity towards his creation, Victor was ahead of his time in understanding and creating a human life, and so was Mary Shelley for challenging the "Victorian values" and exploring themes like sexuality, grief, ambition, God and creation. Mary Shelley's Frankenstein was ahead of its time. Be it for its scientific approach and being the pioneer of the sci-fi genre but also for commenting on nature vs nurture and forcing the reader to question whether a monster or a madman is born or created by society.