LITERATURE QUESTIONS
GOTHIC LITERATURE
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to make us feel happy and serene
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to give us a sense of wonder and subliminity
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to remind us of the dangers of not following orders
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to build a sense of tension and instigate feelings of fear
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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: -Often, Gothic writers use melodrama or “high emotion” to convey a thought. This exaggerated, impassioned language helps convey the panic and terror inherent in many characters. Themes of madness and emotional distress were seen in many of the 20th century Gothic novels that depicted the condition of psychosis.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Gothic novels and stories are melodramatic. The characters are screaming, sobbing, frightening, raging, and swooning in the story. The fear of the unknown and inexplicable intensifies their emotions. They are always in panic and sometimes suffering from the inner torments.
Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -5) The mood and tone of gothic literature is meant to arouse terror.-The atmosphere is pervaded by a sense of mystery, darkness, oppressiveness, fear, and doom.