Gothic literature has certain qualities the influence the story or paper. It usually has a mystery involved, secrets, curses, murder, and the illusion of ghosts or the supernatural. The setting often entails components such as castles, mansions, secluded streets, fog, chilly air, and remote areas. Writers from the Victorian era began to include the dynamic of psychologically confused or torn characters. Romantic undertones are also present.
In the book "Frankenstein," we have a doctor who is driven by his own desire to succeed at creating the perfect man, free from disease or ill health. Victor has a love interest who he is engaged to be married. They love each other but the "secret" threatens to destroy his relationship. The creature is an emotionally torn being and so is Victor Frankenstein.
The setting places us in a lab and the streets and settings all correlate to make the story dismal and dark. Once the secret is revealed the events that unfold create a conflict in relationships and death of Victor's wife.
Victor is also representative of the gothic hero. He is brooding and his vision is of a man torn between his need to create the perfect being, having made a horrid vile creature, and his life ending as a consequence of his choice.
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