My organs were indeed harsh, but supple; and although my voice was very unlike the soft music of their tones, yet I pronounced such words as I understood with tolerable ease. It was as the ass and the lap-dog; yet surely the gentle ass whose intentions were affectionate, although his manners were rude, deserved better treatment than blows and execration.”This quote shows the monster reasoning that his inner self should be the basis in which people judge and not his appearance. His appearance is not the best but it is still harmless. He relies in his inner compassion to be the forefront when he is being judged.The author uses strong emotive words which make us sympathise with the monster, this allows us to see the monster’s point of view.Compassion is key part of the gothic genre, because in gothic novels a victim tries to persuade the protagonist that they are not evil using compassion. So this is another reason why this novel is from the gothic genre. | Science vs. NatureThe novel contains science because of the mentioning of the quote;“No one can conceive the variety of feelings which bore me onwards, like a hurricane, in the first enthusiasm of success… A new species would bless me as its creator and source; many happy and excellent natures would owe their being to me”"I was seized by …show more content…
The Frankenstein’s adopt the blonde-haired, blue-eyed beauty, and she becomes one of the family. If it had not been for her adoption, beautiful Elizabeth would have lived an impoverished, starvation-filled life.”The author uses descriptive words to describe the damsel in distress; these words allow us to connect with the damsel. The use of words also makes us sympathise with damsels which to us make them more vulnerable.This technique of Damsels in Distress is common in gothic novels because the main purpose of the hero is to rescue the damsel in distress, so without damsels there is no story for gothic novels.So this is another reason why this novel is from the gothic genre. | SacrificeThe novel contains sacrifice from the mentioning of the quote;“Had I right, for my own benefit, to inflict this curse upon everlasting generations? I had before been moved by the sophisms of the being I had created; I had been struck senseless by his fiendish threats; but now, for the first time, the wickedness of my promise burst upon me; I shuddered to think that future ages might curse me as their pest, whose selfishness had not hesitated to buy its own peace at the price, perhaps, of the