... 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 ... read and relied on the most recent findings and theories of science to create her tale. She replaced the mythological theme of "heavenly fire" with the latest experiments of electricity. Benjamin Franklin, whose name...

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... the fame of her life. But many did not appreciate Mary's fictions because it conflicted with the beliefs of religious doctrines that held God as the creator of all live. Frankenstein's theme was based on a question discussed the night of June 22 "whether or not the principle of life could be discovered and whether scientists could galvanize a corpse of manufactured humanoid" (Woodbridge ... Summer of 1816). As very many critical analyses state, this very theme was what made Frankenstein, Or, The Modern Prometheus the first science fiction. Mary's marriage to Percy, six months after her ...

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