... the grave, and forced to destroy all that was dear to me."(Shelly, Frankenstein or the modern Prometheus. P 51). In Frankenstein: or, the Modern Prometheus the haunted gothic castles and medieval trappings are missing replaced by experimental science and rationality. Frankenstein transcended Gothicism by combining science with the supernatural, or at least the supernatural. Shelley scholar Maurice Hindle draws attention to ... all mans ills, plagues and woes, or letting all benevolent gifts but hope escape, is seen as disastrous from either perspective. However what is emphasized is that...

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