• Comparing Setting and Mood in "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley, and "Wuthering Heights" by Emily Bronte

     

    Essays1 Literature

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Published: 01.05.1996.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
  • Essays 'Comparing Setting and Mood in "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley, and "Wuthering Hei', 1.
Extract

The two most powerful elements used in any gothic novel are setting and mood. In the novels Wuthering Heights and Frankenstein, setting and mood are the two most effective elements employed. Bronte and Shelley use desolate isolation, untamed geography, death and passionate revenge to identify these components.
The setting of a gothic novel has been described as, 'usually a large mansion or remote castle which is dark and foreboding: usually isolated from neighbors' In Wuthering Heights, Bronte has used Thrushcross Grange and Wuthering Heights to depict isolation and separation. The…

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