blog about mary shelley again

Gothic novels emphasize horror, mystery, and supernatural. Of the three elements of atmosphere, action, and supernatural I think the most effective element to create the gothic mood is the atmosphere of the story. I think that if you have a good atmosphere which really gives the reader a picture of what is going on and what everything looks like it helps create the mood the writer try's to convey. In Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein she does a really good job of showing horror, supernatural, and mystery through her atmosphere. She creates the mood of horror, mystery, and the supernatural when she describes the atmosphere around Victor while he is creating the creature. Also when she describes the creature. She creates a atmosphere of horror and mystery because with the details she uses to describe the creature you can try and imagine what it looks like, creating this horrorful, scary looking man like figure in your head. I think the a good atmosphere is what helps Mary Shelley create the gothic and scary writing she is going for, and will play a big role in other gothic works of writing.

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Mary Shelley's opening to the novel Frankenstein starts off with letters describing characters, setting, background information, and helps the reader get interested into the story. I think that it helps draw readers attention and makes the reader want to read on and find out what happens. If I was to write a ghost story I would have not though of starting off like this but I think this is a very affective way to draw a readers attention to the story. I would start off talking about a character and telling what there doing and ease into the ghost, but Mary Shelley finds a really creative and affective way to begin her story that will immediately draw the readers attention. She gives the reader a little story to begin with and then ends talking about another more important story she will talk about making the reader want to read on and find out what she will tell about. Its more affective her way because I would just start talking about what is going on with no background information and you would not be as interested. Mary Shelley also uses interesting words that draw your attention and tells a story in the beginning of her story to draw you in. Mary Shelley uses very affective techniques to draw readers in and make them more interested in her stories and really is successful in drawling readers attention in Frankenstein.  

identity

If I was a superhero I would choose to keep my identity a secret. I would choose to keep my identity a secret because I would want to protect my identity from and evil doers who have a hatred for me. In every movie every superhero who reveals their identity always has their arch nemesis try and take their loved ones or someone or something they know is important to them since they know their identity and therefore can watch them. I would keep my identity secret so that my villan will not take or hurt my loved one or the people i care for. I would also keep my identity a secret so that people do not try and take an dvantage or my powers and try to get me to solve all of theirs with my powers. I also would not want all the fame and attention, everyone watching my every move waiting for me to mess up so they could turn it around on me and make me seen like a bad guy. There would be to much attention drawn to me if my identity was not a secret. I also would not want to have to solve every problem in the world, with my identity known people would call on me when there is a problem and that would have a mental and physical toll on me. I would not tell even the people close to me because I would not anyone to see me different because of my powers. If i had powers and was a superhero I would choose to keep my identity a secret and not so everyone knows.