The Gothic - Comparing 'Dracula' with 'Frankenstein'

"Dracula" by Bram Stoker is one of the most popular and well known gothic novells of today. It is the story of Count Dracula the vampire, and how Prof. Van Helsing trails the creature and hunts it down. "Dracula" says true to typical Folk tales of the time, which was typical of many gothic novells of the era. Stoker chose to use epistolary form - the use of diary entries and newspaper articles - to tell his tale, and give an insight into his character's thoughts and feelings, that they would not allways choose to share with the other characters. The novell is classed as many kinds of literature, such as Vampire Literature and Invasion Literature, and is of course a gothic-horror fiction novell. Stoker's portrail of women in the novell was contrevertial, due to the sexual nature of the seducing Count's 'visits', given the time that it was written in. Although Stoker did not invent the vampire as such, he made it a popular basis for many horror novells and, eventually, moving pictures and films.
"Frankenstein" by Mary Shelly is another popular gothic novell. Frankenstein is the chemist and alchemist who creates the Monster from the body parts of decieced individuals using ''forbidden science''. Upon realising what a monstrocity he has made, Frankenstein flees out of fear and the creature wanders alone in the wastes. He fisrt hides out in the wood shed of a pesant family, where he learns how to speak. He eventtually introduces himself to the father, who is blind, so they get on fine - untill the family come back and chase him off. the monster gets many opportunities to help people, but when he does, others persecute him because he is hideous. The creature then swears an oath of hatered to the intollerant human species, and goes to find and destroy his creator in revenge for briging him into such a harsh world. he eventually finds Frankenstein's son, and kills him, then frames it on the family's servant. He later finds Frankenstein, and demands him to make a female monster he can live in solitude with - which Frankenstein eventually cannot go through with, as he cant make a new species of monster. So the monster tries to kill him again, and the chase gets to the arctic circle, where the Professor gets hypothermia, tells his whole story on the ship, then dies. when the monster catches up with him, he swears by his grief that he will go to the most northerly point of the earth and burn his body to ash so that another may never be created again.
This novell also has the theme of monsters and horror, and adresses issues of human intollerance to things that are different, or dont conform. The novell is a landmark horror novell, and is regarded as one of the greatest gothic texts ever written, allong with Dracula and other works like Edgar Alan Poe's writings