The literary movements of Romanticism and Gothicism greatly influenced literature, especially in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. Frankenstein is considered to be a gorry romance novel that clearly fits into these two examples of literary genres. Romanticism is a literary, artistic, aesthetic and philosophical movement that was originated in late eighteenth century. Romantic novels emphasize on the imagination, emotions and appreciation of external nature. Some important aspects that are found in Romantic novels are the focus of the author or narrator's emotions towards the inner world, rebellion, rejection, power of nature, imagination and beauty. Mary Shelley mainly addresses power of nature, this created a lot of mystery and suspense in the
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In Frankenstein's thoughts prior to successfully creating life shows a great amount of imagination due to the godlike role he imagined that he could play. Rebellion is shown through the defiance of nature. Victor rebelles against the natural way of life by creating the Monsters. The monster faces rejection from society due to his appearance. Thus contributing to the
Gothic side of the story. The Gothic movement came from Romanticism, it connects in the emotional aspect and the gore provokes the awe and vulnerability factor. It is a literary movement that focuses on topics such as decay, terror and chaos. It focuses on privileged irrationality and passion and over rationality and reason. It grew in response to the sociological, psychological and political context of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Some aspects of a Gothic movement includes revenge, gloomy environments, supernatural things such as monsters or ghosts and curses or prophecies. The main Gothic aspect of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is a supernatural character also known as the giant, terrifying Monster that seeked revenge for his suffering, abandonment and exclusion from society that Victor Frankenstein had
In Frankenstein's thoughts prior to successfully creating life shows a great amount of imagination due to the godlike role he imagined that he could play. Rebellion is shown through the defiance of nature. Victor rebelles against the natural way of life by creating the Monsters. The monster faces rejection from society due to his appearance. Thus contributing to the
Gothic side of the story. The Gothic movement came from Romanticism, it connects in the emotional aspect and the gore provokes the awe and vulnerability factor. It is a literary movement that focuses on topics such as decay, terror and chaos. It focuses on privileged irrationality and passion and over rationality and reason. It grew in response to the sociological, psychological and political context of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Some aspects of a Gothic movement includes revenge, gloomy environments, supernatural things such as monsters or ghosts and curses or prophecies. The main Gothic aspect of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is a supernatural character also known as the giant, terrifying Monster that seeked revenge for his suffering, abandonment and exclusion from society that Victor Frankenstein had