The Gothic title first appeared in literature in 1765 through the story "The Castle of Otranto: A Gothic Story" by Horace Walpole and developed during the period of Romanticism. The Gothic is a literary genre that uses dark images, horror elements and a mysterious atmosphere to vivifying the imagination and arouse feelings of fear in the reader, but still exists the presence of romance, so that in Gothic works it is often possible to find Romanticism. Referring to The Gothic, readers will often find supernatural elements, uncanny, strange places like ancient castles or monasteries. In addition, shifts in power are easily seen in Gothic novels between individuals who maintain power and others who are vulnerable. The possession of power will also be associated with elements of sexuality or sexual power, often in the form of coercion and violence. Mary Shelley's Frankenstein horror story is a peaked of Gothic literature in Romanticism. The combination of Romanticism and Gothic made Frankenstein unique with its mysterious and supernatural elements at a time when Romanticism was widespread in Europe.

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