Frankenstein Gothic Analysis

In the last stages of the novel, Mary Shelley shows how the monster, in retaliation of Victor’s negligence, destroys his life by killing Victor’s loved ones. This affects Victor’s character to a great extent. As the novel progresses, gothic elements can be seen throughout, from the peculiar death of Victor’s younger brother to Victor’s repeated sightings of his murderous creation, to the murder of Victor’s closest friend, Henry Clerval, and to the death of Elizabeth. Frankenstein realizes that he played a role in the death of his friends and family, he says: “How can I describe my emotions at this catastrophe, or how delineate the wretch whom with such infinite pains and care I had endeavoured to form? But now that I had finished, the beauty