LITERATURE QUESTIONS
THE GOTHIC NOVEL
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The erratic movement of time and place
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The readers’ unwavering empathy for Frankenstein
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The reliable narrator
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The mix of language in terms of voice, diction, and rhythm
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Detailed explanation-1: -Gothic novels focus on the mysterious and supernatural. In Frankenstein, Shelley uses rather mysterious circumstances to have Victor Frankenstein create the monster: the cloudy circumstances under which Victor gathers body parts for his experiments and the use of little known modern technologies for unnatural purposes.
Detailed explanation-2: -Gothics are defined by the mysterious and horrific atmosphere, similar to that of Mary Shelley’s writing. Frankenstein is a gothic novel because of the combined elements of extreme and sinister landscapes, horrifying events, supernatural elements, and a passionate, wilful villain.
Detailed explanation-3: -Frankenstein is a multi-strand narrative with 3 different first person narrators. Shelley uses a framing device (the reason for the telling of the main narrative) and epistolary narration (when a story is told through letters).
Detailed explanation-4: -Gothic fiction as a genre was first established with the publication of Horace Walpole’s dark, foreboding The Castle of Otranto in 1764. In the centuries since, gothic fiction has not only flourished, but also branched off into many popular subgenres.