Frankenstein Elements

Of the three elements, atmosphere, action and supernatural, I believe that supernatural is the most effective out of the three because it emphasizes more horror and mystery then anything. In Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein, Doctor Victor Frankenstein gathers different parts from dead bodies in order to accomplish his goal of reanimating a dead person back to life. Frankenstein achieves his mission, but is overwhelmed and terrified by the monster. There is no action that occurs in the book, if so, very little. The only action there is so far that has occurred is where Victor's creation, the monster, kills Victor's brother, whose death is blamed by on by the maid of the house, Justine. This action doesn't emphasize gothic literature much. The atmosphere contributes a little bit more to gothic literature than action does, but still not as much. The setting takes place in Switzerland, in about the 18th century. Shelley was also the first to somewhat say " it was a dark an stormy night" which adds mystery and draws the reader in to read what happens next. Supernatural contributes more to gothic literature than the other two elements.

Frankenstein

In my opinion, the intro to the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley was odd. Although it was helpful. Shelley opens up the novel with four letters. The letters talk about a character called Robert Walton who is the captain of a ship. He then meets a stranger and admires the stranger's passion and determination of reaching a goal he has set, even though he looked very sick and weak while traveling through the Arctic. If I were to start a ghost story, I would open the story up by describing a scene in the story that is occurring in the middle of the story. This would give the reader a sense of what is going on at that point of the story. I would also have the main character speaking, which would have the story in first person. I would not however have all the characters introduced right at the beginning of the story. I do not believe that is a good method to use when writing an opening to a story. I would have each character introduced through out the story in various parts of it. Introducing each character at a different point in the story would all lead up to the opening of the story where the main character is speaking during a scene in the middle of the story.

Spring Break

I hope spring break's weather turns out really nice. One thing I hope to do during spring break is to be able to go outside. I want to go out side and be able to enjoy sunny, warm weather during my break. I really don't want to see cold and snowy or cloudy and rainy weather. I want to do something other than sitting inside my house doing nothing. So far in Ohio, we've seen every possible weather scenario there is to be seen. We have had warm days then a snowy one the next, or days where the temperature has reached 55 degrees, then is 18 degrees the next. Sometimes when it is really warm outside, it rains. The weather here can never stay constant. I really just hope that I will be able to enjoy nice weather during my week off. I also hope to get all of the assignments I received this Friday completed, such as my power point for biology or read the first four letters of the Frankenstein novels. Honestly, I believe that this spring break will not be awful, but it will not be great. It will be decent