- Gothic Horror is made up of elements, GOTHIC, HORROR AND ROMANCE.
- It is said to be invented by Horrace Walpole.
- Gothic Horror associated with Gothic Architecture - these are here to build tension.
- Most stories have had themes of mutations, corruption and decay.
- All relate to the industrial revolution or medical science mutation
Key Motifs
- Strange places
- Clashing time periods
- Power and Constraint
- A world of doubt
- Terror versus horror
- Sexual Power
- The uncanny
- The sublime
- Crisis
- The Supernatural
- The real
Prominent Features of Gothic Fiction
- Terror (psychological and physical)
- Mystery
- The Supernatural
- Ghosts
- Haunted houses and Gothic Architecture
- Castles
- Darkness
- Death
- Decay
- Doubles
- Madness
- Secrets
- Hereditary Curses
Miss Havisham is known as the grotesque because she is an outcast of society and because of the way she lives and the way she acts. Great Expectations is about Transformation.
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