Chapter 5
On a stormy night in November, Victor completes his creature and brings him to life after months of working. The appearance of the creature repulses and shocks Victor and upon the opening of the creatures 'dull yellow eye', Victor feels violently ill. Victor created the creature out of the most beautiful human features, but the creature is ugly when completed. Victor runs from the room and into his bedchamber, where he tries to sleep. He is tormented by a nightmare in which he is kissing Elizabeth, but then opens his eyes to find himself holding his mothers dead corpse. He wakes up to see the creature smiling at Victor, with his arm out-stretched, trying to communicate. Victor spends the rest of the night pacing the courtyard, and in the morning goes on a walk in Ingolstadt where he bumps into Henry Clerval, who has come to embark on 'a voyage of discovery to the land of knowledge'. Henry tells Victor that his family are worried for him, and also that he looks unhealthy. Victor brings Henry back to his apartment and is relieved to find that the creature is not there. Victor soon falls ill with a 'nervous fever' and Henry nurses him for months until he is back to health. Victor decides he wants to write to his family. Henry gives Victor a letter that Elizabeth sent during his illness.
What makes it gothic?
What makes it gothic?
- The supernatural - the creature comes to life
- Nightmares - interpretations of Victors dream lead to explorations of his psyche, relational ability and sexuality
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