LITERATURE QUESTIONS
THE GOTHIC NOVEL
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Queer provocateur
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Heroine in distress
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Angel in the house
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Pursued protagonist
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Detailed explanation-1: -With its emphasis firmly on the horrific and the shocking, the book moved Gothic away from the gentle terrors of earlier authors such as Horace Walpole and, instead, confronted readers with an onslaught of horror in the form of spectral bleeding nuns, mob violence, murder, sorcery and incest.
Detailed explanation-2: -A common occurrence in gothic literature is the appearance of a doppelgänger-someone’s double or alter ego. Doppelgänger is a German word meaning “look-alike” or “double walker.” In literature, a doppelgänger is usually shaped as a twin, shadow or a mirror image (character foil) of a protagonist.
Detailed explanation-3: -Professor John Mullan examines the origins of the Gothic, explaining how the genre became one of the most popular of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, and the subsequent integration of Gothic elements into mainstream Victorian fiction.
Detailed explanation-4: -Answer. Explanation: Supernatural beings are not a common element of Gothic Literature.