the gothic setting of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Date Submitted: 06/11/2002 18:01:57
Category: / Literature / European Literature
Length: 3 pages (699 words)
Category: / Literature / European Literature
Length: 3 pages (699 words)
Frankenstein: What makes it a Gothic Novel?
One of the most important aspects of any gothic novel is setting.
Mary Shelly's Frankenstein is an innovative and disturbing work that
weaves a tale of passion, misery, dread, and remorse. Shelly reveals the
story of a man's thirst for knowledge which leads to a monstrous creation
that goes against the laws of nature and natural order. The man, Victor
Frankenstein, in utter disgust, abandons his creation who …
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…set in the
cold Artic which adds to the dark and foreboding atmosphere.
Frankenstein pursues his monster there, fails to destroy him, and dies
appropriately in the cold of the Artic that matches the cold of his heart.
Likewise, Frankenstein's monster dies on his own terms, springing to his
ice raft, "borne away by the waves and lost in darkness and distance"
(Shelly 206).
Works Cited
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2. Shelly, Mary. Frankenstein. Bantam Books. New York, New York.
c1991
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