Chapter 3
The creaature's first memories involve confusion about his senses. He wanders around and eventually take refuge in the forest near Ingolstadt because it offered him shade. He suffered from hunger, thirst and bodily pain, but he felt better in the light of the moon and loved birdsong. He soon discovered fire, and realises it is not only good for warmth but also for making food more palatable. The people he encounters are horrified by him and often throw stones at him or beat him with sticks, even though he tries to befriend them. The creature finds a hut next to a cottage and takes refuge 'from the inclemency of the weather and from... the barbarity of man'. The creature observes the three people in the cottage (and young woman, young man and old man) and he is enthralled by how they speak, yet he cannot understand them.
What makes it gothic?
What makes it gothic?
- Isolation - the creature is alone in the forest and is shunned from society
- Mystery - who are the people in the cottage?
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