LITERATURE QUESTIONS
GOTHIC LITERATURE
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a drafty old mansion
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a World War II army base
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a saloon in the Wild West
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a suburban home in Reno, Nevada
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Detailed explanation-1: -Which of the following would you expect to see as a Modern Gothic story comes toward its conclusion? Ordinary events occur, and characters respond to them in ordinary ways.
Detailed explanation-2: -Characteristics of the Gothic include: death and decay, haunted homes/castles, family curses, madness, powerful love/romance, ghosts, and vampires. The genre is said to have become popular in the late 18th century with the publication of Horace Walpole’s novel The Castle of Otranto in 1764.
Detailed explanation-3: -This genre is dark, eerie, and mysterious, often containing elements of terror, horror, and the macabre and the bizarre. Common themes and motifs of the Gothic include power, confinement, and isolation.
Detailed explanation-4: -What is gothic literature? Gothic literature is a genre of literature that combines dark elements, spooky settings, conflicted and disturbed characters into a whimsically horrific, often romantic, story. It’s the darkest portion of Dark Romanticism, emerging soon after the Romantic literary era.