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Why is Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein considered a work of science fiction when it is a representative work of the gothic genre?

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The main reasons is that it suggests a technology that could bring a man back to life and it theorizes how such being like the monster, could live in our society. Those are the reasons why. Hope this helps
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