Social and Cultural Background of Genre
When trying to understand this genre one must first understand what the meaning of the word ‘Gothic’ means. Gothic is the things that are seen to be barbaric and not naturally pleasing (Anderson, Christensen & Troest, 1998). This genre bloomed in the 1800s and was very popular in those times. The literature pieces that were inspired by this genre seemed to get many critics from the different people that were exposed to it. Some other writers thought of it as too unnatural and that people couldn’t possibly relate to such pieces of writing in that time. Monster as punishment and Punishment of the monster The monsters that are in both novels are very different one is manmade and the other isn’t. These two monsters cause much distress to the people around them and end up in a very depressive and sad state.
Frankenstein
The monster created by Frankenstein is a monster the Frankenstein himself made and put together. He used different body parts of dead people to create the crazy monster. What changed the monster to be vicious was the fact that he was left alone and made to cope on his own because his master had left him behind. This monsters appearance also made him to be as angry and vicious as he turned out to be. What critics ended up arguing is …show more content…
The monster continues to punish Frankenstein as he goes on to kill Frankenstein’s bride. This creation brings so much distress to Frankenstein and it punishes him for making it so ugly and deciding not to make a companion for it. This monster is punished by not being made a companion and it ends up running away from Victor Frankenstein for a while as it shows in the beginning of the novel. The death of this monster is not shown in this novel but it spends a life escaping from its maker or
When trying to understand this genre one must first understand what the meaning of the word ‘Gothic’ means. Gothic is the things that are seen to be barbaric and not naturally pleasing (Anderson, Christensen & Troest, 1998). This genre bloomed in the 1800s and was very popular in those times. The literature pieces that were inspired by this genre seemed to get many critics from the different people that were exposed to it. Some other writers thought of it as too unnatural and that people couldn’t possibly relate to such pieces of writing in that time. Monster as punishment and Punishment of the monster The monsters that are in both novels are very different one is manmade and the other isn’t. These two monsters cause much distress to the people around them and end up in a very depressive and sad state.
Frankenstein
The monster created by Frankenstein is a monster the Frankenstein himself made and put together. He used different body parts of dead people to create the crazy monster. What changed the monster to be vicious was the fact that he was left alone and made to cope on his own because his master had left him behind. This monsters appearance also made him to be as angry and vicious as he turned out to be. What critics ended up arguing is …show more content…
The monster continues to punish Frankenstein as he goes on to kill Frankenstein’s bride. This creation brings so much distress to Frankenstein and it punishes him for making it so ugly and deciding not to make a companion for it. This monster is punished by not being made a companion and it ends up running away from Victor Frankenstein for a while as it shows in the beginning of the novel. The death of this monster is not shown in this novel but it spends a life escaping from its maker or