In Frankenstein by Marry W. Shelley, a natural event was porrayed as eerie. This event was that of a thunderstorm. The books says, “I quitted my seat, and walked on, although the darkness and storm increased every minute, and the thunder burst with a terrific crash over my head. It was echoed from Salêve, the Juras, and the Alps of Savoy; vivid flashes of lightening dazzled my eyes, illuminating the lake, making it appear like a vast sheet of fire, then for an instant everything seemed of a pitchy darkness…As I said those words, I perceived in the gloom a figure which stole from behind a clump of trees near me…” No one in there right minds would stand outside unprotected in a roaring thunderstorm yet, this character in the book was standing outside screaming at the sky standing in the very woods where someone had murdered his brother. The idea of being excited in such a dangerous position makes that image Gothic and portrays the character as mad. People often wonder at the irrational as a response to a boring sheltered life or just plain rebellion.
