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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Cult of the Virgin in the Gothic Era: Was there another side to the Virgin’s image? In the Gothic era‚ when it was popular for artist to create images and symbols of the Virgin Mary‚ began the Cult of the Virgin. Many artists focused on the Virgin Mary with Christ as the main topic in their art work. Did all the creations made of the Virgin portray her as good? Could some of the artists want to give a negative interpretation of the Virgin that could have only been seen through the artist’s eye
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Corruption The Gothic begins with later-eighteenth-century writers’ in the Romantic period. When it was launched‚ the Gothic featured terrifying experiences in ancient castles experiences connected with subterranean dungeons‚ secret passageways‚ flickering lamps‚ screams‚ moans‚ bloody hands‚ ghosts‚ graveyards‚ and others. By extension‚ it came to designate the mysterious‚ fantastic‚ supernatural‚ the terrifying‚ the pleasurably terrifying‚ in literature more generally. Gothic literature is meant
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Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde – Wide Reading Assignment Term 3 The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde‚ or Jekyll and Hyde for short‚ is a mystifying short horror story written by Robert Louis Stevenson and set in Victorian England. It encounters the mystery of Henry Jekyll and Edward Hyde through the eyes of mild-mannered lawyer‚ Mr Utterson. Stevenson has skilfully characterised Jekyll‚ Hyde and Mr Utterson‚ who is the ultimate Victorian‚ into a complex and baffling plot based upon
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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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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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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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Submitted by Williams‚Sierra on 8/26/2014 3:19:29 PM Points Awarded 8.00 Points Missed 22.00 Percentage 26.7% 1. This writing outlines an ideal society based on justice and reason‚ but not on democracy. The ideal state was authoritarian. A) The Republic B) The Oresteia C) The Allegory of the Cave D) The Apology E) None of the above. Table for Individual Question Feedback Points Earned: 1.0/1.0 Correct Answer(s): A 2. The Song of Roland was inspired by A) the Vikings
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Super-sweet Evil Twin Gothic literature explores the mind‚ supernatural‚ and more. The term gothic’ came to be applied to this genre of literature due to the fierce emotional ties and vastly dark themes. The settings of the novels and novellas add to the mysteriousness typical of a gothic story. Typical characteristics include: ghosts‚ terror‚ castles‚ darkness‚ death‚ doppelgangers or doubles‚ madness‚ and/or secrets. Horace Walpole‚ author of The Castle of Otranto‚ created Gothic literature in 1764
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painting. Little did Malcomson know those would be his last days alive since evil never fully dies. The judge comes back to life through the painting to hang Malcomson just like the others before him. Throughout “The Judge’s House” the four elements of Gothic Horror that occur are repetition‚ the double‚ menacing other‚ and transformation. All these elements contribute to my own interpretation of the story that evil never truly dies. The first element is repetition when the rats‚ and the rope keep
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