Gothic literature explores the natural human sensation of helplessness in the face of the unknown. By comparing Frankenstein with at least one other Gothic text, discuss this view of Gothic literature.' ... Furthermore, Victor's sudden recovery from the severe shock he suffered can be linked the concept of romanticism as Victor says "It was a divine spring". ...
During the time that Frankenstein was written (1818), Romanticism was the dominant literary period, and much of the Romantic philosophy can be seen in Mary Shelley's novel. ... One major difference between Naturalism and Romanticism is that while the Romantics believed that they were "driven- by a higher spirit inside of them, Naturalists denied this idea. ... There were many allusions to works of literature; these allusions meaningless to readers who are not familiar with the works. ...
The most noticeable genres of literature describe in Shelly's novel are the Gothic term and the Science Fiction term. ... They reaches the height of their considerable fashion in the 1790`s and the early years of the 19th century- (Oxford Companion to English Literature, p. 405-06). ... The Gothic goal was to rebelliously assail the secrets of Heaven, whereas, in Shelley, Nature is being penetrated in a wanton act of assumption and pride. 2 On the other hand we notice the Science Fiction:- the current name for a class of prose narrative which assumes an imaginary technological or sci...
