In this semester we are learning about Victorian Gothic Horror. The task given was to familiarise ourselves with the characters Miss Havisham, Pip and Estelle from the British novel 'The Great Expectations' by Charles Dickens.
Gothic is a word used by the Italians to describe something gloomy or bizarre or something that seemed unreal to the civilised world. The world Gothic often referred to architecture particularly buildings firstly located in Rome Italy and Greece.
Gothic later expand to describe other pieces of art such as paintings and also literature such as poems and novels, the first popular Gothic horror novel was the Horace Walpol Novel the castle of Tranto which mainly character was the castle itself also known as a Gothic piece architecture.
Gothic is a word used by the Italians to describe something gloomy or bizarre or something that seemed unreal to the civilised world. The world Gothic often referred to architecture particularly buildings firstly located in Rome Italy and Greece.
Gothic later expand to describe other pieces of art such as paintings and also literature such as poems and novels, the first popular Gothic horror novel was the Horace Walpol Novel the castle of Tranto which mainly character was the castle itself also known as a Gothic piece architecture.
Over the centuries people have become fascinated with horror for many reasons, people have become fascinate particularly with the past such as the medieval period and the Victorian era. The Victorian era was a period which was mainly interested in death due to figure head Queen Victoria being obsessed with death after the loss of husband Price Albert. The fear and interest of death and the unknown as well as anxiety of changes such as industrial changes and science also made people fascinated with Gothic horror.
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