The Castle of Otranto – A Gothic Novel Picture of the Title Page of the Second Edition A Dossier by Luisa Hiller‚ Johannes Klein‚ Benjamin Priebst‚ and Claudia Haack Table of Contents: 1. Introduction – The Gothic Novel 2. Horace Walpole 2.1. The Life of Horace Walpole 2.2. The Works of Horace Walpole 3. “The Castle of Otranto - A Gothic Novel“ 3.1. Introduction 3.2. Index of Characters 3.3. Summary of the Plot 3.4. The Characters ’ Appearance 3.5. The Character Constellation
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Fig: Architecture of data warehouse Operations Conceiving data as a cube with hierarchical dimensions leads to conceptually straightforward operations to facilitate analysis. Aligning the data content with a familiar visualization enhances analyst learning and productivity.[5] The user-initiated process of navigating by calling for page displays interactively‚ through the specification of slices via rotations and drill down/up is sometimes called "slice and dice". Common operations
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“The Woman in Black” by Susan Hill features many elements of gothic literature. Gothic literature uses the elements of death‚ gloom‚ fear‚ and mystery. The setting of this book is in London at some point in the early 1900’s. When Author Kipps starts telling his story‚ it begins in London when it was very foggy. He described it as “the thickest of London peasoupers” (Hill). The fog foreshadows on how the rest of the book will be‚ dark and gloomy. Hills’s use of the fog and sea mist‚ the funeral of
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and black‚ black‚ black eyeliner to shape her eyes. But that wasn’t enough: “Spider webs‚ candle light‚ dripping wax‚ dark cellars and scary morgues are also part of the gothic culture‚ which you and I have to experience together!” Emily insisted‚ even after I assured her that our cellar morgue definitely did not entail these gothic features she read about in books or
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Analysis of Southern Gothic Literature Southern Gothic literature‚ which is a sub-genre of the Gothic writing style‚ is unique to the American South. Southern Gothic literature has many of the same aspects as Gothic literature; it focuses on topics such as death‚ madness‚ and the super natural as well has having many mystical‚ bizarre‚ violent‚ and grotesque aspects. These tools are used "to explore social issues and reveal the cultural character of the American South (Wikipedia)." The authors
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American Gothic Literature is a chance to experience the bizarre and scary natures of an individual. Authors such as Hawthorne‚ Faulkner and O’conner use the written word to paint these gothic images in the minds of their readers. Supernatural appearances and motifs such as ghosts and monsters‚ are embodiments of people’s deepest fears and longings. Authors often use creepy settings because it is what revolves around the event. For example‚ In The Cask of Amontillado it creates a creepy
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poems throughout the 1700’s and beyond‚ created a particular style of writing: romanticism. With the use of romanticism‚ these authors manage to create aspects of mood with different feeling and emotions that convey darker themes. The elements of Gothic Literature in the short stories the “Black Cat‚” “the Devil and Tom Walker‚” and Sharp Objects create a morbid mood through the usage of grotesque scenery‚ psychological issues‚ and death. To begin‚ in the “Black Cat” and Sharp Objects death is taken
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websites that have material on it. The artist’s name is Grant Wood native of Chicago. The painting is of a farmer and his daughter posing in posing in front of their house‚ whose window and tracery had an American gothic style‚ which inspired the name of the painting‚ “American Gothic”. The models were the artist’s sister and dentist. Wood was accused of creating in this work a satire on the intolerance and strictness that the limited nature of rural life can produce. He sold this painting to the
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A chilling breath of wind assaulted her deadened cheeks for it was a rough night and the stars had cowardly hid away behind the dull‚ mute clouds. The predatory moon‚ bright and full; crept behind the cloudy sky stalking me as prey. Her voiceless shadow stumbled drunkenly as she battled through the hawkish rain to find shelter for the night. Her car had broken down a mile or so back. It had been hours since
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“Subdue your appetite‚ my dears‚ and you’ve conquered human nature.” The nature of sinfulness has an important influence in American Gothic literature. Gothic literature is focused on the darker side of humanity. It establishes a hero and a villain but ultimately shows that even the hero has tragic flaws. Gothic literature also aims to expose the problems found in western society‚ such as alcohol/drug abuse‚ controlling fate‚ classism‚ and ambition. These aspects can all be found in “The Cask of
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