... passages and sliding panels. Gothic novels were written mainly to evoke terror in their readers; they also served to show the dark side of human nature. They describe the "nightmarish terrors that lie beneath the controlled and ordered surface of the conscious mind." The foundations that make an excellent gothic ... horror novel are the inclusion of supernatural elements, a story line that builds up suspense and tension, which also frightens the reader. The weather is also an element, which should be included, where ... terrified me" which shows Frankenstein's anxiety. This novel even i...

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• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

... Victor, in turn, quotes the monster's first-person narrative; in addition, the lesser characters Elizabeth Lavenza and Alphonse Frankenstein narrate parts of the story through their letters to Victor. Because there are so many narrators, the point of view shifts with each change of narrator. From Walton to ... wall of the glacier overhung me; a few shattered pines were scattered around; and the solemn silence of this glorious presence-chamber of imperial nature was broken only by the brawling waves or the fall of some vast fragment, the thunder sound of the avalanche or the cracking, r...

• Word Count: 1963
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• Grade Level: High School

... by a minor character by the name of Captain Walton. It is through his letters to his sister Margaret Saville, that the story is unravelled. At the beginning of both Volume 1 and the novel, we are introduced to a series of short letters written by Captain Walton. These letters provides us with information about Walton and help us to understand the undertakings of the ... of solitude. Although he is surrounded by seamen and shipworkers, he is Romantic in his description of wanting a companion and comments that those who surround him are the "dross" of human nature. He believes that he is ...

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• Grade Level: High School