• The Elements of a Good Horror Story as Exemplified in Frankenstein.

     

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Published: 01.12.1996.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
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  • Essays 'The Elements of a Good Horror Story as Exemplified in Frankenstein. ', 1.
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I believe the criteria for a good horror story is very diverse. A high quality horror story is realistic, and makes the reader believe that what is happening in the story could happen to them. Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, explains how Victor Frankenstein, a student at Ingolstadt (28), grasps the idea of being capable of bestowing life upon an inanimate object (37). This novel is not an impractical vampire or alien story. It is a reasonable happening. Using the intelligence Frankenstein had acquired from books, his father, and M. Waldman, it is very possible that he could have created…

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