Mary Shelley
Mary Shelley's mother is considered to have started this movement in England with the writing of her book titled The Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792).
What is the Feminist Movement?
A Gothic novel will always contain these types of events.
What are supernatural events?
Justine is framed by the creature for this.
What is William's murder?
Victor is arrested for Henry's murder off the coast of this island.
What is Ireland?
The following quote by the creature in chapter 16 can be applied to this theme:
"This was then the reward of my benevolence! I had saved a human being from destruction, and as a recompense I now writhed under the miserable pain of a wound which shattered the flesh and bone."
What is "Innocence is fleeting, and will always be lost or destroyed by the harsh reality of human nature"?
Mary Shelley did not know her mother because of this tragedy.
What is she died a few days after childbirth?
In a Gothic novel the narration may be highly sentimental, and the characters are often overcome by this.
What is high, even overwrought emotion?
The creature does this in reaction to being rejected by the De Lacey family.
What is burns down the cottage?
Victor creates, but then ultimately destroys the female creature while on this island?
What is Orkney island?
Victor recognizes that Robert Walton is on the same path that he once was one and tries to caution Walton against it. This shared character trait helps the reader to identify this theme.
What is "The quest for Knowledge is noble yet dangerous"?
Mary Shelley was widowed at age 24 when this event happened.
There is always this type of character in a Gothic novel.
What is a women in distress?
The creature demands this of Victor.
What is a female creature?
The creature and Victor have their first meeting at the summit of this mountain.
What is Mont Blanc?
The fact that Victor runs to the forest every time he is sad or angry or upset lends to the development of this theme.
What is "The restorative beauty of nature"?
Mary and Percy Shelley believed in this movement that was on the rise in Europe especially within the literary/arts community.
What is the "Free Love" movement?
Women in a Gothic novel are always threatened by this.
What is a powerful, impulsive, tyrannical male?
Victor asks Walton to do this if he should die.
What is kill the creature?
Victor, his father, and Henry travel to this country before his wedding to Elizabeth.
Victor learns the lessons of this theme while in prison for Henry's murder.
What is "Loneliness and Isolation can have disastrous effects"?
Mary Shelley's father did not want her to marry Percy Shelley because of this fact.
What is Percy Shelley was still married to another woman?
Gothic novels often use this literary device which is defined as the substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant, for example suit for business executive, or the track for horse racing.
What is metonymy?
Upon Victor's death at the end of the novel, Walton finds this character crying over Victor's body.
Who is the creature?
Victor and Elizabeth take their honeymoon at this place where the creature kills Elizabeth.
What is Lake Como?
The quote "I will be with you on your wedding night" is said by _______ to ________ after the female creature is destroyed.
What is the creature to Victor?