While reading the everlasting works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, an accomplished author of the Romantic period; and Mary Shelley, another established author of the Romantic period who was heavily influenced by the works of Coleridge, I began to see consistent similarities between their themes. I began my work by analyzing the theme of solitude and companionship that takes place in the works of Frankenstein, written by Shelley, and The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, written by Coleridge. I continued to analyze the theme of solitude and companionship until I noticed the much broader umbrella that these subthemes fell under. Themes of arrogance, or insulting the Gods, and the use of language/narrative to educate others that we, as humans, should not try to be God-like or more than human, no matter how intelligent we may be to be; otherwise it will be our final ruin. One quote I remember hearing writes Robert Walton: “I am going into uncharted regions in the 'land of fog and snow'; but I will kill no albatross, so do not be alarmed for my safety, or if I should return to you weary and sorrowful as the 'Ancient Mariner'” (Shelley 21). Throughout the letters, not only does Mary Shelley provide a foreshadowing of the moral of her novel, but with this excerpt and using the frost, the albatross, the Ancient Mariner, and a line from the poem; Shelley is preparing her readers and letting them know that this book will be about otherworldly acts that will haunt her actor for a lifetime. Just like the Ancient Mariner. Among many other similarities, the protagonist Victor Frankenstein and the Ancient Mariner mirror each other in a way that makes it seem as if the Ancient Mariner's real name is Victor