LITERATURE QUESTIONS
GOTHIC LITERATURE
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The guilty character
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The outsider
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The love-interest
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The explorer
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Detailed explanation-1: -Protagonists and heroes of Southern Gothic novels are found to be outsiders; in fact, people who are ‘different’ in some way, whether physically or mentally, very often because of their race, their common language or class.
Detailed explanation-2: -Characteristics of Southern Gothic include the presence of irrational, horrific, and transgressive thoughts, desires, and impulses; grotesque characters; dark humor, and an overall angst-ridden sense of alienation.
Detailed explanation-3: -The stock characters of Gothic fiction include tyrants, villains, bandits, maniacs, Byronic heroes, persecuted maidens, femmes fatales, monks, nuns, madwomen, magicians, vampires, werewolves, monsters, demons, angels, fallen angels, revenants, ghosts, perambulating skeletons, the Wandering Jew and the Devil himself.
Detailed explanation-4: -This fascination with the outsider is in many ways used to show readers not only the individuality of the southern culture, but also to connect each reader to their own unique “freakish” nature.
Detailed explanation-5: -Gothic elements include the following: Set in a haunted castle or house. A damsel in distress. An atmosphere of mystery and suspense. There is a ghost or monster. The weather is always awful. Dreaming/nightmares. Burdened male protagonist. More items •09-Oct-2019