The Sense Of Suspense In Frankenstein Or, The Modern Prometheus?

"Such was the history of my beloved cottagers. It impressed me deeply. I learned, from the views of social life which it developed, to admire their virtues and to deprecate the vices of mankind." (Page 108 Chapter 15). Frankenstein Or, The Modern Prometheus was written by Mary Shelley. Frankenstein is about a doctor creating a creature and not liking what he built. The creature is lonely and terrifies everyone. He kills about five people because he wants to get revenge on his creator. He begs Dr. Frankenstein to make him a companion because he is lonely. Dr. Frankenstein agrees but get too terrified to finish the female and destroys it. The monster gets angry and kills again. This goes on and at the end when Dr. Frankenstein dies the monster …show more content…
She writes in a great way that makes her readers think about what they are reading, but also doesn 't allow them to put the book down because they have to know what is going to happen next. With Shelley 's mixture of great vocabulary and sense of suspense she made for one great writer. One of the greatest spots of suspense in the story, Frankenstein, was when the monster, was telling his creator, who is actually named Frankenstein, which is just a whole other topic, that he was going to be with him on his wedding day. The monster was telling Frankenstein that he was going to be with him on his wedding night because he was planning on killing his new wife, because he wanted him to be lonely for the rest of his life, just like he was planning to do to the monster. That was a very scary part of the story because it ended up making Frankenstein cry, and he actually really did lose his wife to the monster; and the monster ended up being just as lonely. But then, the monster met an old man that took him into his home like he was his own son. The twist to the story was that the old man was blind and could not see the monsters face, and only saw him for what he was on the inside, which is a great quality to have as a human being. Suspense is a great thing to have in stories, because people will never stop reading your stories, and will continue to buy the works you put out, and follow you all …show more content…
Except for the beginning, the events that happened in the book are in order. The beginning of the book starts in a flashback and help build up the story. The flashback is in the form of letters and counts as the prologue. Letter one starts with," You will rejoice to hear that no disaster has accompanied the commencement of an enterprise which you have regarded with such evil forebodings. I arrive here yesterday, and my first task is to assure my dear sister of my welfare and increasing confidence in the success of my undertaking." Walton is on a journey and has been writing letters to his sister to keep her from worrying that something has happened. She is famous for her use of words that allow people to see what she is writing about instead of just reading the story, or the poem, or whatever it is you are reading. There are a couple different speeches that are seen in her works, and they help guide the audience in the direction of understanding what they are reading and seeing in her essay. The goal of her writing is to help the audience understand what is going on in the characters mind, and even what they are feeling. It gives an insight to the emotion of the character, something that isn 't easily achievable in some other writers works. When the monster is telling his creator, Frankenstein, that he wants him to make him a companion, it shows and tells the audience that he is lonely always being by himself, and he just