essay on gothic literature

Putting sublime characters in absurd circumstances evokes darkness in the story and the reader. Mary Shelley’s gothic classic Frankenstein, is a great example. Frankenstein, with his body blown completely out of proportion, when compared to that to a normal human being, and his hideous appearance, is a personification of the absurd. And similar to his apearance, his actions are extreme. Wh

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When a story takes place in a Haunted House, it may reflect the hero’s psychological state. This says something about the depths of his mind that are beyond rational thinking. When about to fulfill his destiny, Neo teaches Zion that the hero of yesterday will someday be a corrpted tyrant much like the Architect of the Matrix ;therefore, if he doesn’t sacrifice himself for Zion, then nobody will be free. In Matrix: Revolutions, after denying the World(of the Matrix), he becomes the master of both worlds, or the lord of light and shadow. The reader reads the story and is entertained but also begins to question what is actually being said and portrayed within the story. Doppelgangers can also revealed to the characters through dreams. In Gothic Literature, dreams express the dark and unconscious depths of the mind that are repressed by reason(Jekyll). Hidden chambers, vaults, secret passages.

In conclusion, by going to the extremes the Gothic author is able to accentuate a contrast, and that allows one to reveal the underbelly of the story.

After crossing the threshold to the dark the character begins to master the darkness; thereafter, the romantic becomes the grotesque. That is something that Gothic literature does best. Doppelganger may be defined as “ a second self or alternate identity”.

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Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)

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