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    Brianna Smith March 8‚ 2012 Honors English II Southern Gothic Literature Southern Gothic Literature is a genre that focuses on events occurring in the American South after the Civil War. It involves supernatural events‚ monsters‚ heroes‚ and must reveal social and cultural issues. Boo Radley‚ a character who lives in Maycomb‚ fits the supernatural role in Southern Gothic Literature. To fit this role‚ ironic and unusual events should occur involving that person. Boo does a lot of unusual things

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    April 2012 The origins and characteristics of Gothic Literature came in 1764 with the publication of Horace Walpole’s Castle of Otranto (“Zittaw”). Ever since then‚ Gothic Literature has become more popular and is being used in numerous works of great literature. Gothic Literature has had a remarkable impact in the world of English literature and is currently still evolving from its original roots. Gothic Literature is a genre of literature that combines elements of both horror and romance

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    which they are created whether they buy into the beliefs of the time or rebel against them. We will see this by taking an in-depth look at the Castle of Otranto and the Turn of the Screw‚ two gothic novels. We will compare and contrast the effect of context on how the two novels use the

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    authors poems throughout history‚ they created a particular style of writing: romanticism. With the use of romanticism‚ these authors booned their stories/poems with aspects of mood with diction that helps 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 lightly

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    Romantic and Gothic Literature The gothic literary movement is a part of the larger Romantic Movement. Gothic literature shares many of the traits of romanticism‚ such as the emphasis on emotions and the imagination. Gothic literature goes beyond the melancholy evident in most romantic works‚ however‚ and enters into the areas of horror and decay‚ becoming preoccupied with death. “The Fall of the House of Usher” by Edgar Allan Poe is a powerful example of gothic fiction‚ whereas James Fenimore Cooper’s

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    through Isolation Mary Shelly depicted destruction commencing due to gothic isolation in the novel‚ Frankenstein. She placed Victor Frankenstein inside a living space cohesive to harmony and unhindered development from a young age; it lent itself to self-exploration and a lack or emotional pain. The author used the youth as support towards the display of darker isolation. Victor’s choice of scientific exploration and gothic isolation securely left coherence‚ as he continued his path towards discord

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    during the Gothic era that laid the foundation for such works to be created by today’s novelists. The novels Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole‚ and “Sir Bertrand” by Anna and John Aikin‚ give excellent examples on this subject. It was these works where the natural elements that gave the text a sense of fear‚ and impending doom on the character to give the reader a thrilling sensation that they would not normally get in their daily lives. Noises were commonly used by the authors of the gothic era‚ these

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    Mary Shelley: Submissive Women in Writing In the writing of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein or‚ The Modern Prometheus‚ she creates four submissive female characters all of who are negatively affected by the hands of Victor Frankenstein. These four submissive female characters are Agatha‚ Safie‚ Elizabeth‚ and Justine. Each of these women is proposed as passive and nonessential. The women‚ Agatha‚ Safie‚ Elizabeth‚ and Justine‚ make a pathway for the creation of action for male characters. The actions

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    Gothic Literature "We make up horrors to help us cope with the real ones" (Stephen King). This quote could explain why humans have a fascination with horror and the frightening‚ which are present in many Gothic novels. Since the 18th century‚ Gothic Fiction has become a famous genre. Gothic Literature is unique and has certain elements that it consists of. It uses a combination of the supernatural‚ scary‚ and the frightening to deliver its point to the reader. From the beginning of the genre

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    ENG1002 17 March 2014 Research Paper: Gothic literature is always heartless. All gothic stories evoke us a gloomy feeling: the authors- such as Mary Shelley in Frankenstein or William Faulkner in “A Rose for Emily”- are installing a strange and curious atmosphere that makes us feel uncomfortable. All gothic authors used a particular type of settings that makes us feel in the story and so in the narrator’s emotions. Another point that makes the Gothic literature so different from the other literary

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