Matching Pairs Themes in Gothic LiteratureOnline version list of themes found in gothic literature by Debra Waldorf 1 Power of Ancestral Sins 2 Rational vs Irrational 3 Fear of Machines 4 Madness - Your own or others 5 Supernatural 6 Dangerous Knowledge 7 Danger of Science 8 Sublime Nature 9 Struggle between World of Imagination and World of Reason 10 Powerful Secrets Fear of going insane or trouble distinguishing between fiction and nonfiction. Keeping secrets involves lack of trust, lies of omission, and outright lies. Actions that cursed future generations or the fear that they will. Difference between what is real and what is not. Otherworldly elements: ghosts, aliens, witches, etcetera The fear that machines will overtake us. People playing God Knowing how to do something that maybe probably/shouldn't be done Nature is awesome - an anti-depressant! A character's madness may reveal a darker reality. Insane characters often speak truths that normal characters wish to deny.
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