Gothic fiction

Is Machiavelli’s The Prince an amoral book, an immoral book, or neither? Fully discuss, illustrating your answer with ideas from the book. Machiavelli has gained a reputation of a cold-hearted, ruthless and cynical man mainly based on his famous book: “The prince”. The book itself is generally considered either immoral or amoral. May my audacious affirmation be excused, but I think that these statements have been made by a superficial approach. I strongly insist that this book is neither…

They believe that in his fiction these archetypal figures appear frequently. According to Ashok Kumar Jha the plots of Narayan’s The Guide and The Man Eater of Malgudi have archetypal patterns. In The Guide, Narayan explains the archetypal drive working within every individual towards…

Story of Petra Hillsburg The air was stifling and muffed, as it strangled the life out of everyone in the room. Who knew that this would be the most enigmatic and complex trial in the history of man kind. In the front of the room stood the tower of a man, with a mean double chin, ready to convict and sentence a man to death, with a stroke of his gavel. Judge Richard, known as the hanging judge has never acquitted a man in his life. He holds the record of three hundred convictions a multitude…

Nobel Prize in Literature awarded to Science Fiction writer, Suzanne Collins Comment should still be Free - an opinion piece by Hannah Duffey, 11 November, 2025. Few read this paper, since we keep it off The Cloud. Dog-eared copies pass furtively, ink-stained echoes of The Guardian that died to protect our freedom. That chronicle was killed in a previous decade, after daring to show us what “The People’s Government” can see us do on the Web. So we maintain an underground future by…

The name Frankenstein pertains to the fictional character that was featured in Mary Shelley's novel entitled Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus. It is important that there are numerous ways how to interpret and analyze the symbolism behind the birth of Frankenstein in her novel. For one, it can be argued that the birth of Frankenstein can be seen as a symbol of Mary Shelley's perception of the process of childbirth. Frankenstein's birth was not really that traumatic or shocking. It was the…

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Mary Shelley’s gothic novel, Frankenstein, is about a man Victor Frankenstein who is dying and he shares his tale of horrific terror with a sea captain, Walton. Victor is able to create a creature made from body parts and was able to bring them back to life. Once he realized the creature has become destructive, he abandons the creature and tries to live a normal life with his fiancé, Elizabeth. The lonely creature hunts for Victor and asks one of two things: a bride or revenge. In the eyes of…

Gothic literature originated in the 19th century and was a branch of the larger Romantic Movement. Like the Romantics, Gothic writers embraced the sublime nature and endeavored to evoke deep emotions in their readers. However, their motives were manifested in a fascination with the exotic and eerie human nature and the effects of guilt, evil, isolation and terror on a human being. Authors exploit isolated and grotesque settings, supernatural beings and events, combines romance and horror as well…

Perhaps the most effective element director Guillermo del Toro incorporates in his film Crimson Peak is the stark juxtaposition of common fairytale and nightmare motifs. Del Toro redefines the haunted house genera with his strong use of both. He uses a combination of characters, colors, costumes, architecture, and symbols. All of which create a mystical environment for the story to develop. From the beginning we are introduced to the reoccurring theme of fairytale turned nightmare. One of…

Patrick Susskind and Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s are both great authors, whose writing give a significant impact on the readers. The techniques the two use leave the readers speechless for how the writing flows outstandingly. In Addition, Susskind and Marquez, their novels are suspenseful capturing the reader’s attention and interest. Patrick Suskinds novel Perfume, Set in eighteenth-century France, Suskind tells the story of Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, who is a physically and emotionally abused…