Friya’s Blog

there were several Gothic scenes in the play. i think the use of the fear and the way everyone closes up when the woman is mentioned creates mystery and fear about the hidden and the unknown, having an effect on the audience. one scene where the main character went to sleep, and total silence was left to built up the tension. the tension was broken after a long and painful pause by the character jumping in his sleep and screaming. this was effective because it was so simple, and thefear was created simply by the pause and the tension created.  

in Gothic poetry the themes are more specific, rather than books which usuallycover several themes. the fear that is created in poetry is psychological and mind controlling, rather than ‘something’ being literally there.

Currently i am on chapter four in my book. its about a boy who unwilling has moved to this castle with his dad because his grandad died and he inherited the castle. they are joined by another family of a boy and his mother. there is copotition betwwen the two boys tyo who has more power. there are definately gothic features in the book, such as the ‘castle’ itself. it is portryed as a old, dusty, dark and creepy old castle. there is also a ‘red room.’ “Above the wood panelling of the Red Room where the animals, the stags head with the antlers branching out and over the door.” the red room

There are many areas of Gothic such as Literature and clothing.  Gothic is a mixture of dark imagry, descriptive writing to portray feeling s and emotions both physically and psychlogically. the Gothic uses a Romantic setting to bring the environment to life and suggest later events in the novel. Gothic architecture also plays a part in most novels, creating an errie setting, and making the reader think about the purpoose of the bulildind and who may be in it

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