All of the following define the Gothic EXCEPT________________?

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The vampire myth is NOT associated with which of the following ?

A. Incest B. Life rituals with blood C. The fear of dying D. The fear of being buried alive...

“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...

Why do most scholars assume that Radcliffe favored “explained supernaturalism” ?

A. Her sense of morality and decorum B. Her defiance of contemporary culture C. Her lack of imagination D. Her full embrace of the Gothic vision of Walpole, Beckford, and Lewis...

What literary convention is used pervasively in “The Mysteries of Udolpho” ?

A. Satire B. First-person narration C. Realism D. The uncanny doubling of characters...

What have literary critics read into the vampirism in Stoker’s “Dracula” ?

A. The novel presents the vampire count as a father-figure of great power. B. The vampire represents a beloved father who seeks to gather together all the women and young men (sons). C. The vampire represents sexual impotence. D. The vampire represents the future....