A Gothic Romance novel

Epistolary – carried by letters Frame Story

 Consequences of irresponsibility in the pursuit of knowledge  Consequences of pride  Consequences of society’s rejection of someone who is unattractive  Destructive power of revenge  Parent-child conflicts  Sympathy

 Nature  Especially the “sublime.”  The sublime represented the dangerous and obscure elements of nature, often pictured through mountains.  The sublime eludes representation and an encounter with the sublime may lead to a loss of self or reason.

 Victor/creation  Passion/reason  Natural/unnatural  Known/unknown  Civilized/savage  Masculine/feminine  Beautiful/ugly  Good/bad  Light/dark  Heat/cold

 a pattern or model that serves as the basis for different, but related versions of a character, plot, or theme.  Archetypal characters may include “stock” characters like a hero, damsel in distress, companion, and destroyer.  An archetypal theme may include ideas such as light=good, dark=bad