LITERATURE QUESTIONS
GOTHIC LITERATURE
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“The wine sparkled in his eyes and the bells jingled ____ We had passed long walls of piled skeleton”
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“I loved the old man. He had never wronged me.”
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“I really knew little of my friend”
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“Such, I have long known, is the paradoxical law of all sentiments having terror as a basis.”
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Gothic is characterized by its darkly picturesque scenery and its eerie stories of the macabre. It draws its name and aesthetic inspiration from the Gothic architectural style of the Middle Ages -crumbling castles, isolated aristocratic estates, and spaces of decrepitude are familiar settings within the genre.
Detailed explanation-2: -The classic horror stories Frankenstein (1818), by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, and Dracula (1897), by Bram Stoker, are in the Gothic tradition but introduce the existential nature of humankind as its definitive mystery and terror.
Detailed explanation-3: -Some of the most famous Gothic novels in literature include Ann Radcliffe’s The Mysteries of Udolpho, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights, and Bram Stoker’s Dracula.
Detailed explanation-4: -Setting in a castle. An atmosphere of mystery and suspense. An ancient prophecy is connected with the castle or its inhabitants (either former or present). Omens, portents, visions. Supernatural or otherwise inexplicable events. High, even overwrought emotion. Women in distress. More items