The Importance Of Setting In Gothic Literature

What is Gothic fiction? Gothic literature can be described as writing that evokes a dark or moody scene often with death involved. Authors who are famous for this type of writing consist of Edgar Allen Poe, Horace Walpole, and many more. Many Gothic stories have made it to film, life Dracula and Frankenstein. Most authors don’t get much credit for the movies, but they take it all when it comes to who wrote the story for the film. On average, two out of five people enjoy watching scary movies that have Gothic appeal. Some people are deathly afraid of scary movies; for example the author of this essay doesn’t like them at all. But overall most films get their ideas for a scary or ominous movie from Gothic texts. Furthermore, setting is very important in modern Gothic works. First, the importance of setting in literature, Gothic or not, never goes away. Setting is always very crucial to setting up the mood or scene in literature. A story without a setting would be like going to get ice cream without there being a road to get there without a town to get ice cream in. The setting is often what makes a story a story. There are many different key factors that setting can create. For example it can help set …show more content…
One of the identifying characteristics of a Gothic story is the scary mood it creates. Whether it be caused by the characters or setting the unsettling mood is constant. Modern day works often look at older pieces of literature to see what makes a good Gothic story. In some cases films like the popular Frankenstein come from many different old and new interpretations. If they are accurate or not is up to the director, but they all follow the outline of the original Gothic story. It is the frame or blueprint for the whole piece or literature; without it you would have just a really confusing piece of work. Thusly, the eire setting for past and modern Gothic stories is