Gothic Study guides, Revision notes & Summaries

WRITTEN BY AN A* STUDENT!! This is an A* essay marked by an ex-examiner. My gothic texts that I compare are Dracula and The Bloody Chamber.

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this sentence from "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe: I reapproached the wall; I replied to the yells of him who clamoured. What does the word clamoured likely mean in the sentence? D.) shouted Which three sentences in this passage does Edgar Allan Poe use to foreshadow Fortunato's eventual fate in his short story "The Cask of Amontillado"? "Drink," I said, presenting him the wine. He raised it to his lips with a leer. He paused and nodded to me familiarly, while hi...

T or F: romanticists supported obedience to authority - ANSWER F Romanticists supported - ANSWER Expressing emotions Not gothic novel - ANSWER Oscar Wilde Ostrogoths were - ANSWER Germanic barbarians

Lucy's mother dies of shock when she finds out that Lucy is a vampire. - ANSWER 2) False The Irishman who wrote Dracula was ___________. - ANSWER Bram Stoker Mina is jealous that Lucy received three marriage proposals in one day. - ANSWER 2) False Which of the following is NOT true about Arthur Holmwood? - ANSWER He amuses Lucy while courting her by using slang language.

Provides key extracts for A-Level analysis from the following Gothic novels: Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto (1764 edition) William Beckford, Vathek (1786) Ann Radcliffe, The Mysteries of Udolpho (1794) Matthew Lewis, The Monk (1796) Ann Radcliffe, The Italian (1797)

28/30 (A grade) Unseen Gothic essay. Does not contain extract but can be used as a guide on how to structure your own essays. The only feedback I had from my teacher was to include a little more context from other Gothic literature.

Mustache - Which of the following would be appropriate for this passage? *Mustaches and Modern Technology - Which of the following statements best describes the topic of the passage? *Mustaches are constant through different times - Which of the following statements can be inferred “However it is in the last several centuries that mustaches have undergone a more creative transformation” *People are now more creative then ancient times - Which of the following statements can be i...

Dracula and the Bloody Chamber essay plans and mind maps, including context mindmaps.

Onmatopoeia Example - ANSWER Splish Splash Lenore discovers at the end of the ballad that ____ - ANSWER she was kidnapped by Death as a punishment for doubting God Two musicians who have preformed musical versions of "The Highwayman" are_____ - ANSWER Phil Ochs and Loreena McKennitt How are the three poems in this unit alike? - ANSWER All three maidens' deaths are related to their romantic relationships