Gothic tropes - Study guides, Revision notes & Summaries

ALL summary notes used for A Level English Literature OCR gothic exam to achieve 99% overall (10 pages) Includes: - summaries of key gothic texts from 1764-1983 such as The Castle of Otranto, The Woman in White, The Woman in Black, Frankenstein, Carmilla, Vathek, The Monk and many more - example phrases and sentence starters to use in essays - table of common gothic tropes and the texts that use them to compare the unseen extract to in the exam - how to structure the essay - notes explaini...

quotes for setting, gothic tropes and motifs.

The Gothic topic from OCR A Level English Comparative and Contextual Study, notes on Gothic as an evolving hybrid genre and its tropes, as well as quotes and critic quotes for the texts listed above

9000+ word Gothic notes for OCR A level English Literature written over 2 years. Contains detailed notes of Gothic through the ages (Enlightenment, Romantic, Victorian & Modern) as well as a comparison of Frankenstein and The Bloody Chamber corresponding to different themes and tropes plus critics. This can also be a solid foundation in which one can add their own knowledge for example adding own quotes and different critical interpretations :) I really hopes this is a beneficial aid to your rev...

In the novels ‘A Picture of Dorian Gray’ and ‘The Little Stranger’ Wilde and Waters’ characters can be seen as haunted in many ways, extending past the influence of the supernatural. For example, they present their male main protagonists as haunted by their pasts in conversing ways, with Faraday being haunted by his working-class background whereas Dorian is only later haunted by the consequences of his sins. Additionally, Waters and Wilde present their haunted characters as undergoing...

this outlines key gothic tropes and motifs with their definitions that you should look for when analysing gothic passages and when writing themed questions.

Quotes, context and explanation for gothic tropes/settings and themes in a grid format. Easy to revise - has everything you need for A-Level English Literature

This is a rough guide to writing gothic passages, it outlines which order to write your paragraphs in and what to look for in the gothic passages. this is from a student who got 30/30 in the gothic passage.