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One of the elements of Gothic literature is ___________ settings like decaying castles, haunted houses, and trapdoors or cellars.
supernatural
gloomy
isolation
fear
Which of the following is not a typically Gothic setting?
Church
Castle
Wild remote place
Shopping centre
What was the first Gothic novel called?
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Jane Eyre
Frankenstein
The Castle of Otranto
What were Gothic writers interested in?
The Individual and Technology
The Individual and the Working class
The Individual and Education
The Individual and Isolation
The uncanny is...
foreshadowing
fear of the unknown
a disruption in the natural order
something familiar but the familiar thing is encountered in a context that is unsettling, unfamiliar, or eerie.
Who is the real monster in Frankenstein?
Society
The creature
Victor Frankenstein
Transgression is...
a movement in time
pushing the boundaries
understanding society
a change in the weather
The sublime is...
the supernatural
a catastrophe
a greatness beyond all possibility of calculation, measurement, or imitation.
A characters journey into the unknown
Gothic literature is said to reveal the fears and hatred that exists within society
True
False
The vocabulary used in gothic novels is designed to create what sort of atmosphere?
an amusing atmosphere
a mysterious atmosphere
a warm atmosphere
an ominous atmosphere
The most sophisticated Gothic tales blended what two otherworldly and worldly concepts?
Reason and religion
The supernatural and the psychological
The old and the new
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