He goes on to describe the “dissecting room” and “slaughter-house” that provided his material (p. This is where kept workshop of filthy creation” (p. When construction of the creature begins, Victor describes his workshop as “a solitary chamber, or rather cell, at the top of the house, and separated from all the other apartments by a gallery and staircase. Later, when he goes away to college in pursuit of knowledge about alchemy and other sciences, everything gets darker and darker. When the scene switches to the life of Victor Frankenstein, the reader finds out that everything is wonderful throughout his childhood. This setting is very sinister in lieu of the imminent death that is facing the crew members. The landscape is barren, and all of his crew is in fear of running out of food and fresh water. He is being blocked from all sides by ice, and can see nothing but ice for miles. At this point in the novel, Walton is on a ship in the middle of the North Pacific Ocean, on his way to the North Pole. Shelley begins her novel with, “You will rejoice to hear that no disaster has accompanied the commencement of an enterprise which you have regarded with such evil forebodings” (p. The opening sentence in Frankenstein sets the mood for the rest of the book. The very first characteristic of a Gothic novel is its sinister setting. This theme of the Gothic has different characteristics that all fit into the story of Victor Frankenstein and his monster and make this one of the first horror stories every told. There is a sense of foreboding throughout the whole novel, which is one of the basic necessities of the Gothic. A very good example of this type of literature is Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. In this paper it will refer to a style of literature. It can be a type of story, clothing, or music nowadays. The term Gothic refers to a genre that came about in the late eighteenth century.