2.2.3 Understanding Gothic Writing

Which of these would be a typical aesthetic impact of piece of Gothic writing?

How did the Romantics feel about the Industrial Revolution?

Which of these is a typical theme in Gothic writing?

"The White Whale swam before him as the monomaniac incarnation of all those malicious agencies which some deep men feel eating in them, till they are left living on with half a heart and half a lung. [. . .] All that most maddens and torments; all that stirs up the lees of things; all truth with malice in it; all that cracks the sinews and cakes the brain; all the subtle demonisms of life and thought; all evil, to crazy Ahab, were visibly personified, and made practically assailable in Moby Dick." Which feature of Gothic writing does this passage from Herman Melville's Moby-Dick best illustrate?

"They averred that the symbol was not mere scarlet cloth tinged in an earthly dyepot, but was red-hot with infernal fire, and could be seen glowing all alight whenever Hester Prynne walked aboard in the nighttime. And we must needs say it seared Hester's bosom so deeply, that perhaps there was more truth in the rumor than our modern incredulity may be inclined to admit." Which feature of Gothic writing does this passage from Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter most illustrate?

What did Edgar Allan Poe say the 'unity of effect" should do to the reader of a poem?

Which of these might be a typical setting in Gothic writing?

Which of these story ideas would be considered Gothic writing?

What is one of Edgar Allan Poe's lasting legacies?

Which of these is a feature of Gothic writing that makes it different from other Romantics genres?