Question

Which excerpt best identify Frankenstein as a gothic novel

Answer 1

the dark theme and sense of pain and misery is one way to identify it as a gothic novel

Answer 2

The answer to this question is : "The rain pattered dismally against the panes, and my candle was nearly burnt out, when, by the glimmer of the half-extinguished light, I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open". (APEX)