Romanticism In Frankenstein

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Inspiration of Gothic Literature to Contemporary Art in the World
Gothic is a style of writing which features the element of fear, death, horror and gloom. In addition, it has the romantic effect like nurture, high emotion, and individuality. The use of gothic has been used by many video producers as well as many literature writers to effectively pass their information to both viewers and readers. Therefore, the use its use can be traced back during the middle ages up to the present time. This paper explores the impact and how gothic has been used and being used in some of the literature work of some authors as well how the use of gothic can be traced in the contemporary literature.
Reflection of gothic characteristics through various films
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Romanticism shows realism and the creation of real issues in the society (Punter 79). There is a focus on issues such as emotions, love, horror and sorrows in the Frankenstein novel and this is the major theme as shown from the novel. Burke has similar ideologies which are reflected in Frankenstein’s work. The similarity of the ideologies shown in Frankenstein’s novel and burkes book show different interpretations of romanticism. Sources of “sublime” and sources of the “beautiful” according to burke show that there he was also responsive in most of the activities regarding beauty. Regarding love, burke was able to explain that perfection was not a major cause of beauty in the society and obscurity is created when we see danger clearly. Fear comes out as a result of facing our dangers and this is shown in Frankenstein whereby there is fear of the unknown created by the weather in the novel. However, facing the real danger creates different aspects like love and creation of emotions showing that the fear is not existing in such

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