LITERATURE QUESTIONS
THE GOTHIC NOVEL
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It is an ancestral estate.
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It contains vault-like spaces.
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It is located in England.
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It is mysterious.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Gothic tradition utilizes elements such as supernatural encounters, remote locations, complicated family histories, ancient manor houses, dark secrets, and mysteries to create an atmosphere of suspense and terror, and the plot of Jane Eyre includes most of these elements.
Detailed explanation-2: -Thornfield Hall is the main location for the majority of the story. Here, Jane Eyre works as a governness for Rochester, tending to Rochester’s daughter, Adele. The grand hall is isolated from the rest of society, and is where Jane Eyre matures and comes into her own the most.
Detailed explanation-3: -One of the most popular works of Gothic romance, Jane Eyre was written at the beginning of Gothic fiction’s second wave of popularity in the mid-nineteenth century.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Gothic elements in this novel, threatening male figures, the supernatural events, and the atmosphere of mystery and suspense, make Jane Eyre a Gothic Classic. Later when she is attending Lowood Institution, she is called out and brutally lectured in front of the entire school by the man himself.