LITERATURE QUESTIONS
GOTHIC LITERATURE
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The Vampyre
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Dracula
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Frankenstein
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
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Detailed explanation-1: -Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, novel by Mary Shelley, first published in 1818.
Detailed explanation-2: -Several aspects make Frankenstein’s creature unnatural and other attributes render it supernatural. Though consisting of natural parts and intended as a ‘human being’ (Shelley 31), the so called monster is ‘unearthly in his ugliness’ (153).
Detailed explanation-3: -Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is an 1818 novel written by English author Mary Shelley. Frankenstein tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment.
Detailed explanation-4: -Shelley’s most pressing and obvious message is that science and technology can go to far. The ending is plain and simple, every person that Victor Frankenstein had cared about met a tragic end, including himself. This shows that we as beings in society should believe in the sanctity of human life.
Detailed explanation-5: -Mary Shelley uses many gothic elements in Frankenstein. She incorporates the destruction of family via revenge and the blurring of the line between life and death. She also ties in secrets threatening to be revealed and horror elements such as corpses, reanimation, and dark scientific experiments.