teeth. Inflamed by pain, I vowed eternal hatred and vengeance to all mankind. (M. Shelley 142) By saying these things, the monster is finalizing his vengeance for his creation. Not only is hating his creator and his existence, but now he is determining that he hates all of the human population, not just those involved in his torture. All of these emotions that the monster felt could have been avoided if the humans he had encountered had shown him kindness. If Victor, his own creator, would have
This essay will examine how gothic fiction is very deeply embedded in the culture and time period in which it was produced. This will be studied through looking at Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein and Horace Walpole’s novel The Castle of Otranto. With gothic fiction being produced during the age of enlightenment, the novels reflect a culture period of intellectualism that prised scientific enquiry and also questions morals and religion. Thus the period departed from the previous social system which