Although Gothic novels were mainly written to evoke in their readers, they also served to show the dark side of human nature. They describe the ‘nightmarish terrors that lie beneath the controlled and ordered surface of the conscious mind.’ For example, the trial of Justine, and her wrongful han...

Life and death are essential elements in Gothic fiction. Life conveys hope; whereas death, hopelessness. These two words interlock with each other. In Frankenstein, Mary Shelly suggests that there is a fine line between life and death. Frankenstein’s life becomes dedicated to analyzing life a...

“Frankenstein” written by Mary Shelly is the first modern science fiction. Since then,this new type of literary compositions has been seen at the stage of literature. This Gothic novel is included science,horror and thoughts of the improving technologies. The novel didn’t talk much about sc...

How is evil repesented in Jekyll and Hyde? Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is a book that explores the good and evil inside men. This is shown all the way through the book, by jekyll first exploring his evil side then trying to stop it. Good and evil is a point that was most debated when Stevenson w...