Susan Hills Women in Black and Mary Shellys Frankenstein :: English Literature

Susan Hills Women in Black and Mary Shellys FrankensteinThe word gothic means 18th Century literature referring to afrightening manner of content macrocosm used.I have chosen two gothic novels to indicate the typical features of agothic novel. One is Susan Hills Women in Black and Mary ShellysFrankenstein.These two gothic novels concentrate on the two major worries within fraternity when these books were published.Frankenstein concentrates on the pre-curser on science fiction. Thispre-curser in Frankenstein is mans objective to play god.Frankenstein was written in a period of term when science waselevating but society in general was afraid to accept a progress beingnessmade by man they preferred progresses warrant by God. Mary Shellycould have-to doe with to her novel of Frankenstein to the period of time whenit was written because the many people living in the 18th century whenshe was alive, were driven by religion not by science and newrevelations being made by man were consid ered to be playing god. InMary Shellys Frankenstein she states in the origination of the bookthat, during the time period when Frankenstein was written themajority of published novels were not gripping or new and her novelwould make an unusual change to which society fag end relate to.The Women in black concentrates on the grief when losing a youngchild. This was published in 2000 and it is relatable towards todayssociety because a lot parents today can relate to having children andknow how protective they are towards their own children.Personally since I do not have children of my own I found it difficultto relate with the grief the characters posses and from that mygeneral interest in the story began to sway.The typical feature a gothic novel possesses is setting the scene. Thesecond chapter of The Women in Black concentrates on the surroundings,the author portrays the endure on a Monday afternoon in November as alightning heart of change, never seeming to come fully light and similarlyraw to and a yellow fog, a filthy fog, evil smelling fog, a fog thatchoked and blinded, smeared and stained. Susan Hill instantaneouslycreates a felling of ill being and fear. The novel begins in Novemberwhich is a symbolism of death, creating negative atmosphere to beginthe novel with. In comparison with Mary Shellys Frankenstein this isvery similar. When the creature Frankenstein is created, the Authorportrays the weather and time of day as a, dreary night of November.Also instantaneously Mary shelly has created a felling of feardescribing the event to occur again in the calendar month of November and also