Frankenstien

The first Gothic characteristic of Frankenstein is evident in its grotesque elements. To create life Victor had to use the bodies of dead humans. At night Victor would secretly steal the bodies from their resting place and take them to his chamber. Victor would take the body part from the deceased that he needed and would cut it off. He would then attach the part to his creation, the monster. The description of the monster at its moment of coming alive is hideous: “His yellow skin scarcely covered the work of muscles and arteries beneath; his hair was of lustrous black and flowing, his teeth of a pearly whiteness; but those luxuriances only formed a more horrid contrast wi

th his watery eyes and straight black lips.” (48) The monster’s yellow skin, watery eyes, and black lips help add terror to the story and are examples of grotesque elements. Mary Shelly used very deceptive words to help her set the tone and mood through out this novel. “I took refuge in the courtyard belonging to the house which I inhabited, where I remained during the rest of the night, walking up and down in the greatest agitation, listening attentively, catching and fearing each sound as if it were to announce the approach of the demoniacal corpse to which I had so miserably given life,” (49) here is where Mary Shelly begins to intrigue her readers with cliff hanger ends and leaves her readers striving for more. Another characteristic of the gothic writing in the novel Frankenstein is the component of mystery. In the book Mary Shelly never tells the reader how Frankenstein is really created. We know that Victor used the limbs of dead bodies to create the body of the monster, but we never found out how the monster was brought to life. It is also a mystery that the monster was able to follow Victor everywhere he went. How did the monster know that Victor was going back to his home in England, and

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