The Gothic

Question 1

Key elements of the gothic

Answer 1

• Dark and quiet settings connoting imprisonment
• Supernatural
• Potential of the human mind
• The distant past intrudes upon the present
• Horror and terror
• The uncanny
• The sublime

Question 2

Phrase to discuss

Answer 2

Ignorance is bliss

Question 3

Potential debate

Answer 3

Is all knowledge dangerous, or is it just too much knowledge is dangerous?

Question 4

What is the gothic a subgenre of?

Answer 4

Romantic, a genre that came as a response to the Age of Enlightenment that explores ideas about emotions being more important than knowledge