Later, when he goes away to college in pursuit of knowledge about alchemy and other sciences, everything gets darker and darker. ... While flipping through the novel, the reader can be certain of catching a glimpse of the words rain, dark, horror, and tears. ... Victor's fear of the monster is reminiscent of "The Tell Tale Heart", a story by one of the most distinguished Gothic writers of all time, Edgar Allen Poe. ... In "The Tell Tale Heart," the main character hears the beating of the heart of a man that he killed and buried in the floor. ... Death, darkness, rain, and horror ar...

• Word Count: 1350
• Approx Pages: 5
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• Grade Level: High School

Conversely, Wuthering Heights, is most often described as one of the most tragic and heart breaking love stories ever told. ... (Pg. 63) Even though Cathy knows Heathcliff's dark side better than anyone, this description of her new lifestyle confirms that she mistakenly trusts that he will always be her protector and under her spell. ... We are expecting Heathcliff to have limits on his revenge in order to win Cathy back, but his intent is so dark, and his obsession so great, that to destroy Cathy is to destroy himself. ... " I have not broken your heart - you have broken it; and in...

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Indeed, his feeling of disorientation is highlighted l.12: "his mind revolved the point of the strange questions put to him " and reinforced by the metaphor l.20 of the ship "helplessly fallen into a current " which suggests Delano's loss of control and his progressive immersion into the dark waters of his mind. ... There is in fact a whole lexical field of sensuality, starting with the name of Delano's ship "the Bachelor's Delight " and other allusions: "heart-broken pretense " (l.45), "a dark deed had been done " (l.47), "silk-trimmed undershirts"" (l.4), "cherish any desire b...

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• Grade Level: High School

Jane Eyre is a well-known gothic English novel publishes during the Victorian period by Charlotte Bronte. The novel contains the social criticism of sexuality, religion and feminist, which considered to be ahead of its time. In Wide Sargasso Sea, Jean Rhys has written a prequel to Jane Eyre. It mainly focuses on Bronte character Bertha, the mad wife who is not given a chance to speak out for herself in Jane Eyre. Both novels focus on the feminist issue in different ways; Rhys portrays Antoinette's struggle for identity within herself under patriarchal society, making her constrained and d...

• Word Count: 4886
• Approx Pages: 20
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School