ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

GOTHIC LITERATURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Why are many stories in Gothic Literature set in wild natural settings with unpredictable and often violent weather?
A
To show the dangers of traveling and leaving your hometown
B
To allow readers to explore the excitement of the dangerous and unfamiliar
C
Because the stories are old, the weather was worse in the past
D
To say that things a not correct
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Why does Gothic Literature commonly use both emotional intensity and confinement in story lines? The preoccupation with the past and how it affects the present lives of his protagonists. Identifies the unsettling nature of identicals and how it can unnerve protagonists and readers.

Detailed explanation-2: -Usually the setting consists of a castle or manor in an isolated location, away from any city or civilization. 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-3: -The setting is important in gothic literature because it becomes an outward, physical way, of conveying abstract and elusive qualities like decline, decay, and loss. Many gothic stories are set within decaying castles and ancestral lands that are in a state of decline.

Detailed explanation-4: -The setting is always an important, if not crucial, element of a Gothic novel. The isolated house, the spooky castle, dense woods, a graveyard, or wild moorland have powerful associations with isolation, loneliness and being cut off from potential avenues of help and support.

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