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is actually a monk, Shedoni, but he is a man who had a presence that possessed the "gloomy pride of a disappointed one" (Radcliffe...
presentation of the unrealistic but then it became more realistic in its portrayal of real animals, rather than mythical. And, the...
content, concept and style of art used during another chosen time in history. Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564) was one of the...
and had to rely upon trade and barter to exchange goods, services, and currency. Trade was the only means by which poorer classes...
Are the descriptions of the narrator reliable or do they represent hallucinations brought on by a deteriorating mental state? In ...
critics stated that her shift from sentimentality to gothic elements was the sign of an immature writer (and a woman), it has to b...
opinion that the money spent on these monumental tributes to the sovereignty of God could have better been spent on providing for ...
belief at the time (The Radical Academy, 2004). God gives this power to the people as a whole, not to individuals (The Radical Aca...
a stuff house in total darkness; these help to create an atmosphere of unrelieved terror. The murderer, of course, is so unhinged ...
Egyptians, whose fantastic death cult gave us some of the greatest monuments on earth. The Egyptians believed in an afterlife that...
"a castle, ruined or intact, haunted or not"; sinister ruins "which arouse a pleasing melancholy"; dungeons, catacombs, crypts and...
is blasphemous. Also, and certainly unknown to himself, he is skittering along the knife edge between madness and sanity. He is a ...
This essay presents the argument that "Edward Scissorhands," directed by Tim Burton, is a modern, gothic-tinged version of the fai...
This research paper describes the fundamental features of gothic cathedrals as well as the cultural meaning that these buildings h...
In a paper of eight pages, the writer looks at "The Call of Cthulhu" and "Dracula". Comparisons are drawn to examine the differenc...
was that at about 1046, a new cathedral would be built, something that was initiated by Bishop Guislabert (2002). Again, this is n...
Clearly, these elements all preside in Jane Eyre and also in Bleak House. Combining the efforts of these books, we have the haunt...
generally viewed as a precursor of the Gothic style of church architecture, which began in 1140 with the re-building of St. Denis ...
In eight pages this research paper examines the genre of Gothic fiction in a consideration of Dracula by Bram Stoker. There are 4...
In five pages heroines Northanger Abbey and The Female Quixote The Adventures of Arabella are discussed in order to compare romant...
In five pages this paper discusses how Jane Austen's once dismissed and critically panned novel has vindicated itself because of t...
In five pages this paper discusses how in her novel debut, Jane Austen parodied the Gothic literary genre with a comparison with o...
In ten pages the ways in which Poe contributed to the gothic literary genre establishment is considered in an analysis of 'The Cas...
In five pages this paper analyzes the novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne in terms of the author's literary device usage and its Gothic c...
his right hand in blessing toward the Virgin, who raises both palms in what is obviously intended to be surprise. The overall ef...
a major representative example and therefore more widely reviewed. Following subsections discuss the changes in cathedral constru...
In fifteen pages this paper discusses the impact of culture on Gothic architecture in a consideration of Paris's Notre Dame innova...
In ten pages this paper analyzes the Gothic architectural aspects of London's Westminster Abbey. Seven sources are cited in the b...
A definition of the Gargoyle is provided. This type of sculpture most prevalent during the Gothic period is discussed. This five ...
In three pages this paper considers the deceptively ordinary domestic settings of the Gothic stories of Edgar Allan Poe and how th...