Suicida Suicidal Thoughts In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

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Gothic literature are stories that employs dark and melodramatic sceneries; the atmosphere consists of exotism, mystery and dread. The novel “Frankenstein” qualifies as Gothic Literature because it undergoes intense emotions and themes such as madness, suicidal thoughts and depression. Madness is a theme that occurs throughout the story, but one scene that greatly exhibited the theme was when Victor fled from the creature, he created, and was anxious to see the wretch in his home. “Putting my hands before my eyes, for I thought I saw the dreaded spectre glide into the room. I imagined that the monster seized me; I struggled furiously and fell down in a fit” (Shelley, 1818, pg. 46). At that moment Victor couldn’t distinguish fantasy from reality. His fear of his own creation caused him to have nightmares and made him ill. …show more content…

The creature went through a lot of obstacles such as coping with his ugliness, and getting lack of affection from everyone especially its’ creator. He knew he was a pariah, but endeavored to make people see the good in him and every time, he frightened people and cause them to lash out at him. He was attacked, insulted, and shot at, enduring the pain; but there was only so much he could handle. "But soon, he cried with sad and solemn enthusiasm, I shall die, and what I now feel to be no longer felt" (Shelley, 1818, pg. 198). When he saw that Victor had died, he decided that he didn't want to live anymore, not only because of Victor but because he couldn't handle torture of never being accepted into society and thought the people in Geneva and Ingolstadt were better off without

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