During the early 19th century, however, many of his actions and beliefs were attacked as immoral. As a result of these actions, she would ultimately be ostracized by both the society she left behind and the family she betrayed. Although she was confident in the validity of her decisions, she was deeply affected by this experience of isolation from everything she had ever known. Shelley's excommunication by her family and social exile from her homeland may have inspired her to include similar events in the development of a Frankenstein character, Felix De Lacey. Through her choice to run away with Percy, Mary defied the social expectation to obey her father in every respect. As punishment for this transgression, she became almost dead to her family. Edward Ball described this situation, writing that, "In the eyes of her father – and of English society – she had become a 'fallen woman' and a moral outcast" (Ball). By going ahead with her engagement to Percy and eloping despite her father's wishes, Mary knew full well that she would be severing all ties to her family and the life she would be leaving behind. As a result, the consequences of this decision were no surprise to her and her husband. However, the exile from home and family probably inspired some feelings of remorse in her despite her belief that she was right. The emotional pain that comes with it