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A 3
page paper which examines the element of horror in Horace Walpole’s “The Castle of
Otranto” and Matthew Lewis’ “The Monk.” The paper examines which can more
typically and more effectively be deemed horror fiction. No additional sources cited.
Page Count:
3 pages (~225 words per page)
File: JR7_RAwalmnk.rtf
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be incredibly powerful and historical gothic novels. As such they both possess elements of darkness and a clear sense of foreboding. However, when examining them together we see that one
is perhaps far more dark and horrific than the other, although it should be noted that Gothic literature was not necessarily horrific, but was surely dark and mysterious. The following
paper briefly examines the two stories, and then argues how Lewis "The Monk" possesses more horror elements than does Walpoles "The Castle of Walpole." The Stories Horace Walpoles
novel "The Castle of Otranto" is considered to be the first example of a Gothic novel. Gothic was, and is, considered to be a genre of literature that is gloomy
and dark and has no real development in any positive manner. In light of this it was a novel that set the stage for a new form of novel, the
gothic novel. It stood as a guide for many novels that would follow, all trying to create a gothic feel and a gothic plot that was dark and foreboding In
terms of the story itself we note that the story takes place in Italy in the Twelfth century and as such seems dark from the beginning. In better understanding the
style presented in this story, a style that clearly speaks of a dark and foreboding reality, we present some of the opening paragraph to the novel: "MANFRED, Prince of Otranto,
had one son and one daughter: the latter, a most beautiful virgin, aged eighteen, was called Matilda. Conrad, the son, was three years younger, a homely youth, sickly, and of
no promising disposition; yet he was the darling of his father, who never showed any symptoms of affection to Matilda" (Walpole). In this, and perhaps the entirety of the story,
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