Gothic - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

This document contains 5 highly detailed essay plans for 'Frankenstein', used for CCEA AS-1 Study of Prose Pre-1900 (100% UMS marked achieved) This includes essay plans on the following: • 'Frankenstein is a Gothic novel' Do you agree? • The Creature is impossible to sympathise with' Do you agree? • 'The Creature is a representation of Shelley’s life' Do you agree? • 'The Creature is the true hero in the novel' Do you agree? • 'Frankenstein is primarily a horror story' Do y...

Humanities Clep Test Questions With 100% Correct Answers Greek Philosophers Before Socrates - ANSWER Pre-Socrates Pythagoras - ANSWER 6th Century B.C., a Greek philosopher and mathematician, founder of a religous movement called Pythagoreanism Thales - ANSWER "Father of Western Philosophy". Greek philosopher who taught that the universe had originated from water. Parmenides - ANSWER a pre-socratic Greek philosopher born in Italy. Denied the existence of time, pluralit...

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...

This booklet provides a detailed and coherent cover of the gothic in recent and ancient history, as well as highlighting key themes and topics, available for discussion in the unseen extract essay which appears in the OCR English Literature examination.

An A* essay on the theme of shock comparing the gothic texts The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter and The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

Historical Fiction - correct answer -Set in particular historical periods (VW Orlando) *Picaresque: episodic adventures of rogue protagonist (Don Quixote) *Gothic: reaction against 18c rationalism, horror, mystery, superstition, madness, revenge, supernatural (Frankenstein) *Psychological: 17c France, character's motivations (Flaubert Madame Bovary) Novels of Manners - correct answer -Stories that observe, explore, analyze the social behaviors of a specific time/place -Descriptions o...

This essay is a critical appreciation of an extract from Du Maurier's 'Rebecca' (1938), and achieved a 27/30 (A) in my exam. Feedback is included, as well as the question.

The 2024/2025 FTCE ART K-12 Revision 3 - Art History and Culture 15% of Exam Q&A Baroque Art Content - CORRECT ANSWER-- 17th and 18th centuries - style propagated by the Catholic Church, monumental works of public art - meant to inspire a sense of awe - illustrated Catholic ideas, biblical or mythical depictions - Sculptures showed movement Baroque Art Context - CORRECT ANSWER-- included allegories (stories with hidden meaning/messages) - 1732 Trevi Fountain in Rome - overly ornate s...