The sinister tone of the novel is maintained through the central elements of the Gothic horror genre. Often, a Gothic novel slyly depicts the author's “repressed anxieties” (Galens, “A Study Guide” 191). Research shows that Frankenstein "reflected Shelley's deepest psychological fears and insecurities, such as her inability to prevent the deaths of her children, her troubled marriage to a man who showed no remorse for the deaths of her daughters and his feeling of incapacity as a writer. (Galens, “A Study Guide” 191). Different aspects of Shelley's tragic life greatly influence many aspects of the plot of his most famous work, Frankenstein. The death surrounding Shelley draws her into a deep depression where she contemplates a life with resurrection (Galens, “A Study Guide” 181; Schoene-Harwood