Chapter 5 uses Gothic elements such as grotesque (the description of the monster), the eerie environment (Victor's laboratory during his creation) and some type of psychic communication

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In the morning, Victor wanders the street alone with his conscience. Shelley layers into the novel a passage from Coleridge’s The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. This makes reference to a person who wanders of the streets with a demon or a fiend following him. The significance of this poem in relation to the novel can be interpreted in two ways. In a Gothic sense, Victor relates to the mariner isolation and fear and in Romantic sense, both the Mariner and Victor want knowledge; however, unlike the Mariner, Victor’s new knowledge brings a curse along with it.

Throughout chapter 5, Frankenstein judges the monster solely on his appearance. He can’t seem to see past the creatures ugly features.

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He says, “a mummy again endued with animation could not be so hideous as that wretch.” This means that, the monster is so ugly that comparing it to a mummy is impossible. Frankenstein cannot see his past the monsters horrible features. He won’t get to know the monster and assumes his a horrible creature based on his looks.

After creating the monster, he decides to run away because he cannot bear to look at the outcome of his creation. If Victor had given the monster a chance than judging him on his appearance, it would have a led to ...

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