Gothic novels emphasize horror, mystery, and the supernatural. They are made up by atmosphere, action, and supernatural. Atmosphere is the most effective element of gothic novels. The atmosphere is set by the mood and the setting in which the story takes place. In Frankenstein, Mary Shelley sets the most captivating atmosphere when she states,
It way on a dreary night of November… It was already one in the morning; the rain pattered
dismally against the panes, and my candle was nearly burnt out, when, by the glimmer of the
half-extinguished light, and saw the dull yellow eyes of the creature open…
This gets the reader into the mood that something crazy is going to happen because of it being a dark, rainy, cold night in November. Frankenstein is anxious while he is preparing his things to create the monster. His candle light is on the edge of burning out; therefore, it puts the reader into a predicament in which they are standing on the tip of their toes waiting to see what happens. Then BANG the creature's yellow eyes shoot open be began to get move his muscles. Without the atmosphere of this scene, the reader would not have be as involved and captivated into story.
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