https://padlet.com/15ahlali/cccie8ixux0f8maj Made with a dash of wit en-us 2020-09-09 17:11:10 UTC 2020-09-10 20:45:55 UTC hello@padlet.com 15ahlali https://padlet.com/15ahlali/cccie8ixux0f8maj/wish/732152227 Features]]> 2020-09-09 17:12:01 UTC https://padlet.com/15ahlali/cccie8ixux0f8maj/wish/732152227 15ahlali https://padlet.com/15ahlali/cccie8ixux0f8maj/wish/736894653 2020-09-10 20:17:56 UTC https://padlet.com/15ahlali/cccie8ixux0f8maj/wish/736894653 15ahlali https://padlet.com/15ahlali/cccie8ixux0f8maj/wish/736898118 *This is one of the biggest features as constant brutality is shown in every gothic text creating horror as we envision the frightening and horrible events.

Horror Vs Brutality 
It almost does a show and tell as it suggests the horrific things it shocks readers as it shows atrocious things explicitly.

]]> 2020-09-10 20:19:17 UTC https://padlet.com/15ahlali/cccie8ixux0f8maj/wish/736898118 15ahlali https://padlet.com/15ahlali/cccie8ixux0f8maj/wish/736913135 2020-09-10 20:25:16 UTC https://padlet.com/15ahlali/cccie8ixux0f8maj/wish/736913135 15ahlali https://padlet.com/15ahlali/cccie8ixux0f8maj/wish/736923106 Part of the addictive allure of Gothic novels is their ability to meld two distinct stylistic elements: melodrama from theater and sensationalism from contemporary novels. Both elements were harshly ridiculed by critics at the time who considered novels in general to be low brow, but Gothic novels that offered you excessive emotion (melodrama) and made your heart pound (sensationalism) ]]> 2020-09-10 20:29:06 UTC https://padlet.com/15ahlali/cccie8ixux0f8maj/wish/736923106 15ahlali https://padlet.com/15ahlali/cccie8ixux0f8maj/wish/736927271 2020-09-10 20:30:46 UTC https://padlet.com/15ahlali/cccie8ixux0f8maj/wish/736927271 15ahlali https://padlet.com/15ahlali/cccie8ixux0f8maj/wish/736936252 The supernatural is a key dangerous element in the Gothic.One of the best ways to scare someone is to present them with something that they do not know and cannot understand: something like the supernatural. We often fear what we do not understand, and so presenting readers with supernatural beings (like ghosts or vampires....

The attraction of the supernatural in this case is that it invites us to consider some of our most deeply held values. What if we have put our trust in the wrong things?]]> 2020-09-10 20:34:30 UTC https://padlet.com/15ahlali/cccie8ixux0f8maj/wish/736936252