![]() ![]() This may end up making Gothic a more ambiguous, shifting term, but then the textual phenomena to which it points are shifting and ambiguous (28). Both the generic multiplicity of the Gothic and what one might call its discursive primacy, effectively detach the Gothic from the tidy simplicity of thinking of it as so many predictable, fictional conventions. What is Gothic? My short answer is that the Gothic is a discursive site, a carnivalesque mode for representations of the fragmented subject. In his book Gothic Writing 1750-1820: A Genealogy, author Robert Miles takes the word Gothic and defines it in this manner: Keywords: Gothic Fiction, “The Castle of Otranto” “Frankenstein,” “The Monk,” Before further discussion, the term gothic fiction has been elaborated with the definitions and ideas of scholars about the term Gothic fiction. “The Castle of Otranto” “Frankenstein,” and some references to “The Monk,” are among the novels that have been taken for discussion. The object of the paper is to find out some of the major attributes of Gothic fiction concerning some of the gothic novels. In the case of gothic architecture, the building structure is not called Gothic because it is connected with mystery or ghosts but because they have unique characteristics of the Middle Ages. The use of this quotation implies that there is an obsession with death, and almost like the 'opera singer' enjoyed being 'strangled' by the Marquis as she remains smiling.The concept of Gothic Architecture is different and not exactly associated with the idea as used in literature. This firstly shows that the death of the woman is characterized as a dead person cannot actually 'smile'. ![]() ![]() The narrator states that the worst thing she saw was the 'dead lips smile'. The narrator being the Marquis's new wife discovers the forbidden chamber of women's dead bodies whilst he is away. In 'The Bloody Chamber', it is unveiled that the Marquis has a strange obsession with death. Although gothic literature is concerned with an obsession and fascination with death, it can be seen as a usual characteristic and that possibly alternative conventions take power over it, such as the setting or supernatural. On the other hand, it can be argued that in 'The Tiger's Bride' that the fascination is not with death, but life as the girl does not show her 'naked body' to the beast until he has stripped back his fake appearance. Similarly, in "The Snow Child," the count appears to have an unhealthy fascination with death as an act of necrophilia arises at the climax of the short story. In the first short story, 'the bloody chamber', it appears that the Marquis is definitely obsessed with death as we as the readers along with the narrator discover his 'chamber' of dead wives. In Angela Carters 'The Bloody Chamber' death appears in most of the short stories, but in different ways both actually and metaphorically. It is inevitable that death is the ultimate unknown and therefore one of the most terrifying factors of life, likewise, gothic literature is known for its horror and terror and therefore 'death' has become an archetypal convention. Often through the plot, setting and the characters perceptions and reactions, therefore one interpretation is that gothic literature itself has become fascinated with death. Death appears in gothic texts in many different ways. ![]()
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