How does Mary Shelley convey horror to the reader in 'Frankenstein'?

In Mary Shelley's gothic novel 'Frankenstein', horror is conveyed using a variety of techniques. She was very well read, and a lot of the stories and books that she loved are reflected in her writing. Her mother (Mary Wollstonecroft) was a writer and early feminist thinker. She died shortly after her daughter's birth. Her father was William Godwin, a political theorist, novelist, and essayist. He avidly encouraged his daughter's efforts as a young writer by …

…brought back from the dead? And perhaps the questions most relevant to us still today; is it right to interfere with the crucial balance between life and death, or even life and inanimacy? Especially with the recent discoveries made, scientists now claim that they have the knowledge to clone human beings. Obviously, endless ethical arguments have aroused, many of which the arguments can be seen in play in this novel from almost a century ago.