LITERATURE QUESTIONS
THE GOTHIC NOVEL
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It represents male sexuality.
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It suggests female complicity in sexual deviance.
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It refers to the location of murder in Gothic novels.
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It symbolizes the forced sequestration of women both before and after marriage.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The bedroom in The Bloody Chamber is symbolic and exemplifies the themes of male dominance and of a pernicious sort of female subjection in the story.
Detailed explanation-2: -Traditionally, female authors of Female Gothic novels use their trapped heroines as a tool, exploring anxieties concerning marriage, childbirth, and independence (or lack thereof) through the seemingly supernatural.” “The Female Gothic imparted lessons for domestic life.
Detailed explanation-3: -From this statement can be deduced that in Male Gothic fiction, women are seen as unnatural and artificial. Consequently, women are always presented in a negative way. This is of course in contrast with Female Gothic fiction, that mostly presents women as victims and questions their identity.
Detailed explanation-4: -In 18th century aesthetic and moral criticism, the word ‘monster’ signified ugliness, irrationality and all things and events unnatural. It was viewed as the antithesis of neo-classical values of harmony and unified composition.