Essays Tagged: "gothic novel"
Romeo and Juliet
ly born with goodness and virtue. The issue of man's two sides can be thoroughly discussed over the gothic novel of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. Some critics believe that the "creature" was prone to ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Romeo & Juliet
Elements of Gothic Literature - describes the most important element of gothic literature with examples from various canonical texts.
Gothic literature was born in 1764 when Horace Walpole published The Castle of Otranto, which is con ... rn in 1764 when Horace Walpole published The Castle of Otranto, which is considered to be the first gothic novel ever written. Gothic literature was originally written as a reaction to the age of reas ... e politics of eighteenth-century England. Containing anti-Catholic sentiments and mythical aspects, Gothic literature explored the tension between what we fear and what we desire. The stories were usu ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
the gothic setting of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Frankenstein: What makes it a Gothic Novel?One of the most important aspects of any gothic novel is setting.Mary Shelly's Frankens ... ing a terrible storm, addingdreary thunder and lightning and by enhancing the gloom and dread ofher gothic scenes. Shelly writes so that the reader sees and feels thesescenes taking permanent hold on ... shed; in a few minutes a tumuluous searolled between me and my enemy" (Shelly 191). Because of this gothicsetting amid the Artic ice floes, the despair hits both Frankenstein andthe reader.So Frankens ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
Comparing Setting and Mood in "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley, and "Wuthering Heights" by Emily Bronte
The two most powerful elements used in any gothic novel are setting and mood. In the novels Wuthering Heights and Frankenstein, setting and moo ... tion, untamed geography, death and passionate revenge to identify these components.The setting of a gothic novel has been described as, 'usually a large mansion or remote castle which is dark and fore ... re dwarfed by uncontrollable nature, the protagonist is helpless and alone.The element of mood in a gothic novel has been described as, 'gloomy, dark, terror, death, revenge, hate, mystery, horror.' I ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and the features of Gothic.
In What Way Is Frankenstein a Gothic Novel?Gothic novels originated from gothic architecture, this medieval type of architecture w ... very often set in a gloomy castle replete with dungeons, subterranean passages and sliding panels. Gothic novels were written mainly to evoke terror in their readers; they also served to show the dar ... h the controlled and ordered surface of the conscious mind." The foundations that make an excellent gothic horror novel are the inclusion of supernatural elements, a story line that builds up suspense ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
By what means and how successfully does Emily Bronte engage and sustain the reader's interest in the first three chapters of Wuthering Heights?
old. From the tone of the first three chapters, a Victorian reader would have expected this to be a gothic novel, yet the narrative voice, the diary form, structure and broad use of language are the g ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
How are the texts you have studied (Frankenstein and The Vampire of Kaldenstein) typical of the Gothic genre?
Today's Gothic society is often perceived as dark, evil and full of social outcasts. Modern day "Goth" icons ... upon. But where as today's "Goths" seem to rely on make up, baggy clothes and body piercing's, the Gothic genre of writing is a lot darker and stranger still. The Gothic style of writing first appear ... "The Castle of Otranto". The book was the first of its genre and is seen as many as the first real Gothic novel. The story includes many of the subjects people associate with the genre. It is a tale ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
Role of the Victorian Society in the French lieutenant's woman by John Fowles
In this novel, Fowles is interested in the genre of the nineteenth-century romantic or gothic novel andsuccessfully recreates typical characters, situations and even dialogue. Yet his per ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
How does Mary Shelley convey horror to the reader in 'Frankenstein'?
In Mary Shelley's gothic novel 'Frankenstein', horror is conveyed using a variety of techniques. She was very well rea ... g him which makes him a monster at all. These grim philosophical analogies are a typical feature of gothic novels like this.It is also another ironic fact that the creation which Victors works so hard ... reasons that this always has been, still is, and always will be one of the best examples of horror/gothic fiction, is because it exploits the universal disgust at human corpses. Whether they are whol ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
A clockwork orange
A Clockwork OrangeThe Monk:A Rebellious Offspring of the Age of ReasonUnderstanding the Gothic novel can be accomplished by obtaining a familiarity of the Augustan point of view, which hel ... point of view, which helps to develop a reference point for comparing and contrasting the origin of Gothic literature. The thinking that was being questioned by the Gothic novel was Augustanism; and w ... ples and their role in eighteenth-century thought it is difficult to understand the purposes of the Gothic revival, either in terms of history or in terms of the way in which it offered a new concepti ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing
Gothic Literature in America. Looks specifically at Edgar Allen Poe's Tell Tale Heart.
Gothic LiteratureGothic, Romantic, and Enlightenment periods are all have differences in the way the ... eGothic, Romantic, and Enlightenment periods are all have differences in the way the author writes. Gothic writing however, is a major shift in how a person looks at the human race and its qualities. ... a major shift in how a person looks at the human race and its qualities. A dictionary definition of Gothic states that it is "an artistic style or movement of the 18th and 19th centuries inspired by a ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > Edgar Allan Poe
A discussion on the development of Catherine Morland's character during her stay at Northanger Abbey . (Northanger Abbey, Jane Austen)
ne Morland's plainness and her rather unimportant situation in life. She is in fact introduced as a Gothic Literature anti-heroine. "The standard heroine of a sentimental Gothic novel was refined, acc ... able to perceive his selfishness and conceit, she looks for some deeper cause and locates it in her gothic fantasy about a wife murdered, or at least immured in some remote corner of the abbey" (Walla ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
'Buffy Bites Back'
Compares one episode of the series 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' and Bram Stokers gothic novel 'Dracula'. Written in NEWSPAPER FORMAT. Buffy Bites Back Recently, many television re ... 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' allows its viewers to consider the ways in which the features of early Gothic fiction are re-imagined in a postmodern context. Intertextuality with early gothic texts help ... trying to achieve. He has related the production directly to present times in the same way that old gothic texts related to their time and audience. - - - - For example, Bram Stoker, the author of ' ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre"
on was followed by widespread success. Utilizing two literary traditions, the Bildungsroman and the Gothic novel, "Jane Eyre" is a powerful narrative with profound themes concerning genders, family, p ... rnal troubles and hidden strength that are more than skin deep" ("Jane Eyre" 168). Like the typical Gothic hero, he is "prone to bouts of depression and to seemingly irrational behavior"; he also poss ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
Bronte's "Wuthering Heights" and Shelly's "Frankenstein": A Comparison of Gothic Films
The Gothic genre is a very fascinating one because it is one of mystery, suspense, and high emotion. Wit ... ystery, suspense, and high emotion. With intriguing elements and its out of the ordinary style, the gothic genre has captivated readers for centuries. Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" is a classic gothic ... h has been adapted into a film directed by Kenneth Branagh. This film can be perceived as a typical gothic piece because the archetypal elements such as dark setting, horror, and suspense are apparent ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Genre Study
Poe and gothic literature
The gothic literature style is a style which emphases the grotesque, mysterious and desolate. Common com ... ings with ghosts in them, decay, terror, mystery, the supernatural, madness, hereditary and curses. Gothic literature was born in 1764 when Horace Walpole published The Castle of Otranto, which is con ... rn in 1764 when Horace Walpole published The Castle of Otranto, which is considered to be the first gothic novel ever written. Although, it was Ann Radcliffe that created the classic gothic tale with ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > Edgar Allan Poe
How are we made to feel sympathy for the creature "Frankenstein"?
Kenneth Branagh's "Frankenstein" is a film adaptation of the 18th century Gothic novel by Mary Shelley. In this film adaptation the overall genre is Horror. Frankenstein is c ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis
An indepth analysis of the Gothic Film's Saw, Nosferatu and Young Frankenstein. Analysing context, technique and form.
Perhaps the first truly Gothic film to be crafted was "Le Manoir Du Diable" (English: The Devil's Castle) by French filmmake ... filmmaker Georges Melies, this was in 1986 and was three minutes long. However since the advent of Gothic film, a myriad of films that are arguably Gothic were born over time. For the most part, the ... ly Gothic were born over time. For the most part, the original creations (those not influenced by a Gothic Novel) reflected the contemporary concerns of the period in which they were filmed. Undoubted ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Genre Study
Mary Shelley - Who is The Real Monster
hout the novel 'frankenstein'? And who is the real monster? Frankenstein'Frankenstein' is a popular gothic novel. It was written, by Mary Shelley, in 1816 and was published in 1818. The novel is about ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors
Frankenstein And The Gothic Genre
Frankenstein and the Gothic Genre Mary Shelley?s Frankenstein ( 1818 ) is considered by many literary critics to be the q ... ary Shelley?s Frankenstein ( 1818 ) is considered by many literary critics to be the quintessential gothic novel despite the fact that most of the more ?clichéd? conventions of the genre are ei ... the literary techniques and themes of Mary Shelley?s Frankenstein adhere to the conventions of the gothic genre it can be considered, primarily, a gothic novel with important links to the Romantic mo ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature