Writing for Frankenstein

Gothic elements that we can picture, and what is described in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, is the feeling of isolation and being forgotten. The isolation moments of this story can make you picture more dark settings rather than light, happy ones. Almost all the scenes being written out and told to us are no where near uplifting. Victor seems to feel lonely in these surroundings, making it seem gloomy and dark for the readers. Whenever a big, important scene happens, the readers can only picture darkness.

Each character has they’re own feelings of isolation and loneliness. Victor is isolated a lot inside his apartment, trying to play god and create a new being. The monster feels this type of loneliness as he travels the country in search for a friend or a lover. Meeting all of these people who are scared of him triggers that isolation. He knows he’s alone.

Two other examples of the loneliness of this story are the monster asking Victor to make him a companion and Victor dying. Both of these had a grave impact on the monster. After the monster’s companion was destroyed, he wanted Victor to feel the same pain by killing Elizabeth on their wedding night. This caused Victor to want nothing more but to harm and destroy the monster that he had created. At the end of the story, when Victor passes, the monster has decided to isolate himself in the north, wanting to be alone as he grieves for his creators death.

These emotions are a very strong gothic element that adds a lot of exaggeration to the story. It helps us understand the characters very well.