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