Gothic Literature Research Paper

The term Gothic novel refers to a manner of writing characterized by elements of decay, haunted castles, curses, fear, secret passages, and Romantic elements such as individuality, and nature. The individual emotion include trepidation and uncertainty. It is attributed to Horace Walpole as its origin with the publication of 'The Castle of Otranto' in 1764. It started to be adapted into films such as Dracula in the 19th century. After 1820 the Gothic did not transpire as an individual genre any longer but elements of the Gothic novel can be seen in many succeeding novels. All these elements are used to evoke a sinister atmosphere filled with mixed anxiety. Gothic fiction had ceased to be a dominant literary

Thingummy. It remained as an aura of mystery for some portion of length. He fell into his place at once- as a miserable orphan of a workhouse or a parish child whom Dickens classify as the common working class sections, into the world where self-satisfaction was the highest of priority and greed was the trend of leading life. They were pitied by none and detested from every corner. If Oliver had known that he was an orphan left to the mercies of the church he would have cried more miserably. Oliver was a victim of the systematic course of treachery for the next few months. The child was being underfed, at an age where he stood in need of proper diet the most. Upon this, parish authorities resolved the need of a female who could provide Oliver the nourishment and solace. Oliver spent his next nine years in the baby farm of Mrs. Mann who was an elderly woman of wisdom, who knew what was best for children, had she not been too wicked to appropriate greater part of the money weekly stipent for her own. Mrs. Mann was selfish, a hypocrite, inhuman and fiendish. She would lock up the children in the coal cellar, starve them into the darkness. He never had a day spent in Mrs. Mann wretched house where he saw one kind look in her face or a word to lighten him