The presence of a ghost like figure in the background of all of Lois’s paintings would be one of the main reasons Margret Atwood’s “Death by Landscape” is a Gothic tale. The story combines fiction and horror with the disappearance of Lucy. Atwood’s description of Lucy’s disappearance or death is enriched with mystery and the unknown. Finally, Lois suffers with Lucy’s ghost all of her life, which is why she becomes obsessed with landscape paintings that remind her of the surroundings that she felt like engulfed Lucy. Her mental state was obviously effected by this event and her way of coping is by seeing Lucy behind all of trees and bushes on her paintings, which gives it the creeping feeling that are found in Gothic tales.
