Mary Shelley creates such an amazing sense of fear and horror in her writing, but how?
Mary Shelley creates such an amazing sense of fear and horror in her writing, but how?
In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein there are many subtle techniques she uses to make this story so powerful. In this piece of writing I am going to show you some examples of these techniques and how she uses them so well to make Frankenstein a great piece of writing. The author uses lots of descriptive words to describe Dr. Frankenstein’s state of mind. She describes him as being fearful with ‘breathless horror’. Mary Shelley also says ‘disgust filled my heart’. This illustrates that she is trying to say that Dr. Frankenstein is full with bitter regret when his monster turns out badly. Finally, she suggests that she is disappointed that things hadn’t turned out as planned, when she mentions that ‘the beauty of the dream vanished’ and ‘the daemoniacal corpse to which I had so miserably given life’. These physical details can make you feel like you are in Mary Shelley’s shoes. Again, Mary Shelley has used a fascinating amount of words and phrases to describe the scary monster in this gory story. The author describes him as having yellow skin and dull yellow eyes which is horrible, because I couldn’t imagine how strange it would be for all humans to have these features. More disgusting still, is the fact that it says ‘his yellow skin scarcely covered the work of muscles and arteries beneath’. Being able to see muscles and blood vessels through skin adds to the gruesome description of the terrifying monster. In contrast to the yellow skin the ‘straight black lips’ would really stand out. Mary Shelley portrays the scary monster so well, it helps you to visualise the frightening atmosphere of her story. The author creates a great setting for a horror story by her choice of time, place and weather. She wrote ‘on a dreary night of November’ and ‘the rain pattered dismally’. By choosing a dark, gloomy, wet, winter’s night Mary Shelley builds up the tension for her creepy
In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein there are many subtle techniques she uses to make this story so powerful. In this piece of writing I am going to show you some examples of these techniques and how she uses them so well to make Frankenstein a great piece of writing. The author uses lots of descriptive words to describe Dr. Frankenstein’s state of mind. She describes him as being fearful with ‘breathless horror’. Mary Shelley also says ‘disgust filled my heart’. This illustrates that she is trying to say that Dr. Frankenstein is full with bitter regret when his monster turns out badly. Finally, she suggests that she is disappointed that things hadn’t turned out as planned, when she mentions that ‘the beauty of the dream vanished’ and ‘the daemoniacal corpse to which I had so miserably given life’. These physical details can make you feel like you are in Mary Shelley’s shoes. Again, Mary Shelley has used a fascinating amount of words and phrases to describe the scary monster in this gory story. The author describes him as having yellow skin and dull yellow eyes which is horrible, because I couldn’t imagine how strange it would be for all humans to have these features. More disgusting still, is the fact that it says ‘his yellow skin scarcely covered the work of muscles and arteries beneath’. Being able to see muscles and blood vessels through skin adds to the gruesome description of the terrifying monster. In contrast to the yellow skin the ‘straight black lips’ would really stand out. Mary Shelley portrays the scary monster so well, it helps you to visualise the frightening atmosphere of her story. The author creates a great setting for a horror story by her choice of time, place and weather. She wrote ‘on a dreary night of November’ and ‘the rain pattered dismally’. By choosing a dark, gloomy, wet, winter’s night Mary Shelley builds up the tension for her creepy