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The purpose of this study is to analyze Frankenstein’s monster created in the 18th century with the dilemma of creator-creation relation, under a gothic perspective. Within this context, gothic literature and gothic cinema will be mentioned in the first part of the study to describe the style of the novel. In the second part, the historical dynamics of the period will be explained, and mention the life of Mary Shelley and the process of creating the novel to help understand the novel better. The third part is dedicated to a historical and a visual analysis based on the samples from book illustrations, caricatures, theatre banners, and comic books, which involved characters of the novel throughout the illustration process.