Essays on Gothic fiction Page 2

The setting of a gothic novel has been described as, “usually a large mansion or remote castle which is dark and foreboding: usually isolated from neighbors” In Wuthering Heights, Bronte has used Thrushcross Grange and Wuthering Heights to depict isolation and separation. The dark and foreboding environment described at the beginning of the novel foreshadows…

Bronte commences her novel by creating a haunting ambiance. She depicts Wuthering Heights as a desolate and ancient mansion, typical of gothic novels. The mansion is enveloped by moors, which hints at the suffocation of any sound, further enhancing the sense of solitude and hopelessness. The book starts during winter, highlighting the desolate and unfriendly…

In ‘Of Mice and Men’ Steinbeck uses dialogue, action and description to introduce and describe the characters. Curley’s wife is first introduced, through description, as a girl not a woman: “A girl was standing there looking in. ” (page 53). This implys that Curley’s wife is looked down upon because she is female and young….

Regarded In literary histories and handbooks as: the architect of the modern short story, * also the principal forerunner of the “art for art’s sake” movement in nineteenth- century European literature. Life Poe was the son of professional actors who died before he was 3 years old, and he was raised In the home of…

The term gothic refers to a genre that came about in the late 18th century. It can be a type of story, clothing, music or literature. A very good example of this type of literature is Mary Shelleys Frankenstein. There is a sense of foreboding throughout the whole novel, which is one of the basic…

One approach to this question would be to say that the creature in ‘Frankfurter’ was himself the only monster. However, as we soon realism, the creature is benevolent at heart and only becomes monstrous due to the unjust way in which society treats him. The bleak, miserTABLE world which Shelley portrays, full of hypocrisy, oppression…

In the conclusion of the novel Of Mice and Men, protagonist George faces three possible courses of action. He can either escape with his friend Lennie, allow the other characters to take matters into their own hands and kill Lennie, or take it upon himself to end Lennie’s life. Ultimately, George’s final decision reflects both…

Frankenstein Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus is a horror novel. The novel has three editions and the first edition was published in 1818 in London. Shelley wrote the novel at the age of 19. The novel was based on an inanimate creature that was made to bring to life by a scientist named…

Mahayana Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston on January 19, 1809 during his life he was one of the most celebrated writers of dark poetry and fiction. He has a unique style of Gothic in his narratives. Pope’s works haunt the mind and thrill the body. His story lines have left chills up readers’…

A Clean, Well Lighted Place is a story of lights and shadows, of the coexistenceof ”being” and ”nothingness”. An old man sits outside the cafe, on theterrace, where all the tables are empty except then one he sits at. He hideshimself in the shadow – the perfect hiding-place, a hide-out for a person whowants to…