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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, aband ....
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.... glacier and
the precipitous sides of Montanvert, and the smoke of rushing avalanches, the
tremendous dome of Mont Blanc (Goldberg 277) and on that last journey with
Elizabeth which were his last moments of happiness. The rest goes along with
the melodrama of the story. Shelly can sustain the mood and create a distinct
picture and it is admirable the way she begins to foreshadow coming danger.
Shelly does this by starting a terrible storm, adding dreary thunder and
lightning and by e ....
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