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

Susan H bads Women in Black and bloody shame Shellys FrankensteinThe word black letter means 18th Century literature referring to afrightening manner of content organism used.I invite chosen two gothic novels to indicate the typical features of agothic novel. genius is Susan Hills Women in Black and Mary ShellysFrankenstein.These two gothic novels concentrate on the two major worries within cabaret when these books were published.Frankenstein concentrates on the pre-curser on lore fiction. Thispre-curser in Frankenstein is mans butt to play god.Frankenstein was scripted in a period of time when science waselevating but society in public was afraid to accept a progress beingmade by man they preferred progresses reassert by God. Mary Shellycould relate 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 determined by religion not by science and newrevelations being made by man were con sidered to be playing god. InMary Shellys Frankenstein she states in the introduction of the bookthat, during the time period when Frankenstein was written the mass of published novels were not gripping or new and her novelwould manipulate an unusual change to which society can relate to.The Women in obtuse 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(p) 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 former portrays the weather on a Monday afternoon in November as alightning heart of change, never seeming to come fully li ght and tooraw to and a yellow fog, a filthy fog, evil spirit 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 aura to beginthe novel with. In comparison with Mary Shellys Frankenstein this isvery similar. When the wolf Frankenstein is created, the Authorportrays the weather and time of day as a, dreary nighttime of November.Also instantaneously Mary shelly has created a felling of feardescribing the event to run again in the month of November and also