“It is very seldom that mere ordinary people like John and myself secure ancestral halls for the summer.” How does this opening sentence of Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper” NOT immediately suggest the Gothic ?

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Why is it significant that Dracula is from Transylvania ?

A. Transylvania is England’s economic rival. B. Transylvania and England had been at war in the 1860s. C. Transylvania represents a vaguely known and, therefore, suspicious country. D. Transylvania and England were once part of the Holy Roman Empire....

“A MANUSCRIPT was communicated to me during my travels in Italy, which was copied from the archives of the Cenci Palace at Rome, and contains a detailed account of the horrors which ended in the extinction of one of the noblest families of that city during the Pontificate of Clement VIII, in the year 1599.” All of the following state why this quotation from Perce Shelley’s “The Cenci” represents the Gothic EXCEPT_____________?

A. The placement of the action in the past and in a foreign country B. The grandiose threatening setting that requires ingenious stagecraft C. The focus on wrongdoing at the highest level of authority D. The use of real historical resources by Shelley for the foundation of his play...

What did the novelists of the first wave of Gothic literature think of religion ?

A. Roman Catholicism was wrongfully dismantled in England by Henry VIII in the 16th century. B. Jews represent sympathetic literary heroes. C. Religion is race-neutral. D. The Spanish Inquisition and the legend of the wandering Jew confirm the superiority of England....

How is the concept of “the new woman” Gothic ?

A. It represents a “doubling” of Queen Victoria by English women as they remake themselves in her image. B. It represents the “transformation” of the traditional Victorian woman from the private sphere to the public sphere. C. It represents the rise in psychological pathologies or “madness” in women in the late 19th century. D. It … How is the concept of “the new woman” Gothic ?Read More...

What is Gothic about the narrative structure of “Frankenstein” ?

A. The erratic movement of time and place B. The readers’ unwavering empathy for Frankenstein C. The reliable narrator D. The mix of language in terms of voice, diction, and rhythm...