HOW DOES MARY SHELLY CREATE HORROR IN FRANKESTEIN

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How does Mary Shelly create a sense of horror at the creation of the monster in chapter 5 of Frankenstein?

Frankenstein was written in 1818 by Mary Shelly who was only 18 years of age when she thought of the story and was 19 when she wrote it. This novel is a Gothic horror but it has elements of terror and romance. Electricity and other medical science was discovered in 1800-1850. There was a conflict between religion and science because many Christians believed that it was Gods will in creating and ending life and after the discovery of science of the idea that people could create life was against God.

Mary Shelly creates a tone of horror through the use of vocabulary, pathetic fallacy, repulsive imagery, first person narrative and contrasting images.

Pathetic fallacy is used to create a sense of horror, "It was on a dreary night", "the rain pattered dismally". The effect of this is that it shows negative mood and highlights the surroundings which makes the character sense depression and it sets a fearful stage and the reader will think that something bad is about to happen.

Repulsive imagery is used to create horror.