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Gothic writing has been attacked as ‘a species of brutality’
By comparing at least two texts, discuss how far you have found this to be true

- Frankenstein – the treatment of the creature – village + De laceys + Frankenstein
- Killings of the creature – lack of remorse
- Creature is feared + hated because he is different
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Bloody chamber husband is a high figure in society because of
the brutality that he has done
- Nature vs nurture
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Whereas Dracula
is brutal
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Dorian grey – actress in Dorian greys death seems brutal
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However, in Frankenstein the women innocent, damsels in distress
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Therefore, not a true example of gothic literature
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Creature + Dracula
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And the belief that you had to look like a criminal to be a criminal
(Cesare Lombroso) Dorian grey – is the physical manifestation of evil because the
painting becomes more gorse looking the eviller he does
- Ruin of the antagonist – Frankenstein is ruined because of the creation of the
creature
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Creature + Dracula
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And the belief that you had to look like a criminal to be a criminal
(Cesare Lombroso) Dorian grey – is the physical manifestation of evil because the
painting becomes more gorse looking the eviller he does
- Lucy’s innocence is highlighted as she’s dies
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Whereas after she died her innocence and physical beauty came back
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- In Dracula women are described as having more sexual physical attributes which is
common upon the new women ‘voluptuous’ in Frankenstein Elizabeth is described

as ‘celestial’ and she is only adopted because of her ‘blonde hair’ and that portrays
her as noble because of her blonde hair
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Whereas in Frankenstein it is more a blurred line between good and evil
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This demonstrates that there is ambivalence regarding whether there
should be a clear antagonist and protagonist and good and evil aren’t always black
and white
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- Women
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Societal norm whereas in the Dracula defies the societal norm
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But at the same time at the end of
Draucla ‘some men so loved her’ and she goes back to fitting in to society in societal
norms
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So it is not
clear whether or not women challenge the societal norm
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Similarly, in Dracula,
Romania is isolated, East vs West
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Blood chamber castle is split from society and out on
the water and is very isolated
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Similarly, the horror caused by the creature is a comment on
how god shouldn’t be defied and you shouldn’t over rule nature
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- In Dracula women are presented as erotic and ‘voluptuous’ which represents the
fear of the New Women at the time
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There was believed to
be up to 80,000 prostitutes in London in the Victorian era
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Harker goes mad
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‘Either shameless harlots or trembling innocents’
By comparing at least two texts, discuss how far you accept this view of the presentation
of women in gothic texts
- Frankenstein Elizabeth is definition of a ‘trembling’ innocent
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Neither fit under definition Willing to learn
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The description of the creature in
comparison to the description of Dracula
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Whereas in Frankenstein the death’s aren’t
mentioned in detail and it isn’t gory
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Similarly in Frankenstein the creature dies to find peace as he has nothing
left after the death of Victor
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Whereas women aren’t portrayed as
being transgressive in Frankenstein
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- Frankenstein goes against nature’s laws + god
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Dracula – the murders

Gothic Litriture has been accused of relying not only on the improbable but also the
impossible to engage its audience




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