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.