In What Way Is Frankenstein a Gothic Novel? Gothic novels originated from gothic architecture, this medieval type of architecture was pointed arches, cathedrals, ruins and ancient statues, therefore these novels where very often set in a gloomy castle replete with dungeons, subterranean passages and sliding panels. Gothic novels were written mainly to evoke terror in their readers; they also served to show the dark side of human nature. They describe the "nightmarish terrors that lie …showed first 75 words of 1791 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1791 total…Atmosphere was there to frighten the reader and build up the fear. In my opinion I didn't find this novel to be that scary as I am used to seeing visual effects i.e. in cinemas and on tele where they use modern technology to create monsters ect. I believe around 90+ years ago everyone would find this scary as all the elements for a gothic novel are in there and it is very well written.