Mary Shelley wrote this novel on a dare at the age of nineteen. Her work was a breakthrough, spawning the birth of two literary genres: science fiction and horror Fiction. This novel- and a resultant motion pictures, which have usually degenerated in to simple horror plots- has had a recent resurgence in popularity due to the efforts

Mary Shelly’s use of the Promethean myth opens up the way for future imaginative-horror writer, who will be inspired by the scientific possibilities of genetic manipulation.

Frankenstein’s power expresses through his overcoming of Nature, harnessing of technology and desire to subject the human body to his will, exhibits the modern

The most noticeable genres of literature describe in Shelly’s novel are the Gothic term and the Science Fiction term. Gothic, which defines as: “Tales of the macabre, fantastic, and supernatural, usually landscapes. They reaches the height of their considerable fashion in the 1790`s and the early years of the 19th century” (Oxford Companion to English Literature, p. 405-06). Undoubtedly, there are Gothic elements to Shelly’s novel. She was familiar with the classics of Gothicism. In common with the gothic tales, Frankenstein made use of the correspondence between theme, character and setting. One of the chief elements in the novel is the use of atmosphere to create mood. The icy mists of the Arctic and the bleak windswept Alpine glacial fields are linked to the spiritual and social isolation of the Creature and its Creator. Not unlike Victor Frankenstein, Gothic heroes are trapped in gloom unable to appreciate the light of the day. They are the descendants of Cain, Satan, and Prometheus- heroic in their rebellion yet pathetic in their enshrine them in their excruciating setting. In order to depict the shadowside of their heroes, Gothicism used ghostly visitations, especially a device known a döppleganger, a mirror image of the self. Creature and Creator in Frankenstein is in reality one Self-reflecting different sides of human personality. Victor Frankenstein says: "I consider the being I cast among mankind ... nearly in the light of my own vampire, my own spirit let loose from the grave, and forced to destroy all that was dear to me."(Shelly, Frankenstein or the modern Prometheus. P 51).

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