Frankenstein

Mary Shelley’s novel of Frankenstein to me is a gothic novel. These types of novels have the following characteristics: grotesque, the story can impose fear and the locations can be strange and mysterious. In this essay, I will give my justifications in why I feel this novel takes shape of a gothic story.

Grotesque is defined by Webster’s dictionary as “departing markedly from the natural, the expected or the typical” (Webster, page 513). Victor Frankenstein, who created the monster in the story, he had an attraction for grotesque things. When he was younger, he liked to analyze “the hidden laws of nature” (Shelley, page 44) and as he grew older he was still intrigued. He created the monster out of body parts from various places (...