Mary Shelley And Emily Bronte Literary Analysis

Fear is in the core of every person. It is the defense mechanism that keeps us from danger. It is an unpleasant emotion internally warning us that someone or something is dangerous, likely to cause us pain. In gothic literature fear is a topic that the genre is soaked in. It is one of the main elements. Authors use literary devices to make a reader feel, think, and react in a certain way. Mary Shelley and Ann Radcliffe are both prominent gothic writers, with the works Frankenstein and The Mysteries of Udolpho respectively. They are both works that are thought of as key reads in the genre and both have a pervasive theme of fear throughout. The two women portray these very well using literary devices. Both authors explore fear as a theme. Mary Shelley’s novel

The gothic genre has been a prominent literary style throughout many eras, a popular example being ‘The Castle of Otranto’. I have studied three texts; Emile Bronte’s novel ‘Wuthering Heights’, published in December 1847, ‘The Selected Poems of John Keats’, published in 1817 and the later ‘The Bloody Chamber’ by Angela Carter, published in 1979. They all use gothic elements in different ways to create a variety of effects and reflect on their own personal views, Carter in particular as a post modern writer and Keats’ confusion of sexuality.

Although Moers’ essay is not entirely focused on the formalist approach, there is a good deal that holds the same values. Moers talks about Gothic fiction as a genre and how the time period influenced Mary Shelley’s alteration of

“Guilt is perhaps the most painful companion of death.” Famous businesswoman and fashion designer Coco Chanel describes the impact of guilt on one's life and relates the pain of remorse to the immeasurable pain of death. Guilt can take over one's life and destroy one's strength, but it can also lead people to not confess their wrongdoings to protect others. Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter supports Chanel’s ideas on shame.

Introduction Boundaries are important as they indicate a limit a person not supposed to cross, it important that people respect boundaries as once boundaries are crossed, it can affect the relationship between two people or society as a whole. Crossing boundaries come with consequences. In regards to this assignment we will be looking at consequences of challenging boundaries in the gothic novels Wuthering heights and Frankenstein. The social and cultural background of the genre gothic novel According to Mullan, (2014), gothic fiction began as a sophisticated joke Horace Walpole first applied the word gothic to a novel in the subtitle – ‘a gothic story’- of the Castle of Otranto, published in 1764. According to Tiffin (2011) the historical context of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century is important to the gothic form, as

Around the time Mary Shelley’s literary pieces were written, expansion was occurring in North America, which forced Indians to abandon their homes. They were forced into reservations, as a result, “Native Americans were not content with living on reservations; no food could be obtained. Years later, acts were passed to improve Indian lives, but few things were made better” (Native Americans, par 10). They were deprived of resources vital to survive. The Indians had to face challenges that led to their final unfortunate solution. Similarly, in Frankenstein, The Last Man, and The Mourner show the adversities the characters push through with various small misadventures along the way. Mary Shelley writes the pieces exceptionally, by providing

Throughout history, there have been many novels and short stories written in the form of gothic genre. This genre consists of different elements, such as damsels in distress, supernatural events, omens and turbulent weather. An embodiment of this genre is Marry Shelly’s Frankenstein. She incorporated supernatural events or happenings, such as the creation of Frankenstein’s monster. Furthermore, the atmosphere and setting during the first few chapters have shown many aspects of the gothic literature. Of the myriad gothic stories written, Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein is considered to be an important part of the gothic genre.

Elizabeth is adopted by the Frankenstein family as a young girl; she and Victor become the best of friends and have an undeniable bond. Even when she was a child, she was intended to become the wife of Victor. Elizabeth was presented in a way to

Gothic Literature is a style of literature popularized during the late 18th century and the early 19th century with the publication of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. This style usually portrays fantastic tales dealing with the horror, despair, the grotesque and other “dark” subjects. Characteristics of gothic literature includes the presence of victims and their victimizers who usually hold immense powers along with their evil purpose. The setting of this kind of literature generally takes place within impenetrable walls, whether physical or mental. This setting creates a sense of hopeless isolation within the victim. The summarization of the characters and situation creates an atmosphere pervaded by a sense of mystery, darkness, oppressiveness, fear, and doom.

Mary Shelley uses Gothic literature in her novel Frankenstein to prove that there should be limits on what mankind should know. Mrs. Shelley uses horror to show the fear that comes from overstepping boundaries. She also uses violence to show how knowing too much can cause mayhem in one's life, ruin their dreams and goals. Mary Shelley also uses the supernatural as an example of something we should not know too much about. Mrs. Shelley uses man as his own worst enemy to show that everything that went wrong was all Victor’s fault, because he learned how to undo death, a talent know one should have. Mary Shelley affirms that mankind should have limits on what they learn using Gothic

The following piece of writing will explore factors of a gothic novel. It will exclusively do so in regards of the two novels Wuthering Heights and Frankenstein. These very famous novels will be looked at in a very in depth piece of writing. Each novels main themes and their background will be presented. The morality and the gothic novel with specific reference to Frankenstein and Wuthering Heights will be assessed. The second aspect will be the social and cultural of the genre, the genre being the gothic novel. Thirdly, the monster as punishment and the punishment of the monster in both novels. The final aspect that will be analysed is the constructed nature of boundaries in both texts.

Novel in particular and literature in general is more than just a work of fiction but in fact the hidden reflection of a specific historical era. Although, Frankenstein, Wuthering Heights and Dracula were written in different times and each leaves its readers with different emotion and contemplation stages, they all share an affinity: the presence of Gothic elements. Indeed, these novels are designed to lead their reader into thrilling journeys through spooky dark setting, suspense horrifying plot, and claustrophobic atmosphere. These elements, though appear in various forms throughout these three novels, still excellently accomplish their mission of enticing the readers to be caught up in the narrative.

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Wuthering Heights, a well know classic novel that incorporates romantic aspects, gothic horror, and tragedy to create an intense and opaque plot. Indeed, Emily Bronte’s novel Wuthering Heights, challenged the concepts of the Victorian era, by using the notion of Romantic novels. In the other hands Bronte uses overflow of senses and emotion along with the awe of nature to create an eerie novel. The novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, is characterized by the use of romantic aspects to object which is a common fact of novelist in the Victorian era. Certainly, both authors incorporate romantic characteristics into their novels to show the impression of how intense each character’s emotions

The term “gothic” originates from the ornate architecture created by the Germanic tribes called the Goths. This ornate and intricate style of architecture proved to be the ideal backdrop for both the physical and the psychological settings in a new literary style. This literary style coined the “gothic”, began in the mid-1700s with a story titled, The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole. The budding genre takes influence from an architectural movement propagated by the Goths, but so too does the term refer to the gothic constitution. This to say that the gothic may also be thought of as a product of the revolutionary shock besetting 18th and 19th century Europe. These polysemous definitions for the term “gothic” can be used to examine how both Ann Radcliffe and Mary Shelley apply and take inspiration from these interconnected definitions and influences in their respective works. The genre of literature so-called the “gothic” developed through a type of artistic and intellectual osmosis. This to say that, while both authors took influence from the tradition of gothic fiction, they also provided their own contributions.