ALEXHA CHARLES

Write down the five most important ideas in this chapter. 

  1. Landscapes: Smith speaks about wastelands and pitiless nature. (p.5)
  2. American Pressure: Smith says that this was frontier experience, solitude violence, absence of “developed society”, along with racial issues. (p.2)
  3. Pushing Towards Extremes: As Smith states, “Gothic tends to reinforce culturally prescribed doctrines of morality and propriety”. (p.3)
  4. Dark side of Enlightenment: Gothic explores religious profanities, occultism, necromancy, etc. (p.6)
  5. Classes: Middle classes displaying violence. Abuse of power from aristocracy, religious tyrants. (p.7)