Critical Quotations

Question 1

“T– c—— m— o- t– G—– i- —-“ { D—– P—– }

Answer 1

“The CENTRAL MOOD of the Gothic is FEAR” { David PUNTER }

Question 2

“T– s——- m—- f—— o- t— G—– i- t- p—– u—–” { —— Carter }

Answer 2

“The singular moral FUNCTION of the Gothic is to PROVOKE UNEASE” {ANGELA Carter}

Question 3

“G—– i—— t- s—- t– r—– o– o- t– l—– o- t—- e——- l—-“ { j— b—-)

Answer 3

“Gothic intends to SHOCK the reader out of the LIMITS of their EVERYDAY LIVES” { JOHN BOWEN }

Question 4

“What one —–, — ——-“ { ———–}

Answer 4

“What one FEARS, ONE DESIRES” { KIERKEGAARD }

Question 5

“G—– w–… t– p—— o- t– w— and u———” { D—- P—– }

Answer 5

“Gothic was… the product of the WILD and UNCIVILISED” { DAVID PUNTER }

Question 6

“W—- p– t– p—- f– m— s–” { D- S—- }

Answer 6

“Woman pay the price for MALE SIN” { DA SILVA}

Question 7

“G—— a—- to s—- — u——-“ { K—– -‘—– }

Answer 7

“Gothic aims to SHOCK AND UNSETTLE” { KIERAN O’KELLY }

Question 8

B—— n—- t– G—– g—- t- b- a “f—— o- u———- d—–”

Answer 8

BOTTING notes the Gothic genre to be a “fiction of UNCONSCIOUS DESIRE”

Question 9

“G—— l— at t– v—- b——— of a———” { d—- p—– }

Answer 9

“Gothic lies at the very BOUNDARIES of ACCEPTABLE” { DAVID PUNTER }

Question 10

“The d——— b—– t—— and h—– is the d——– b—— a—- a———– and s——– r———: between the s—- of d—- and s——– against a corpse” { D——- V—- }

Answer 10

“The difference between TERROR and HORROR is the difference between AWFUL APPREHENSION and SICKENING REALISATION: between the SMELL of death and STUMBLING against a corpse” { Devendra VARMA }

Question 11

Gothic is full of “T– h—— t— l— in our own p—–” { R—– }

Answer 11

Gothic is full of “The HORRORS that lurk in our own PSYCHE” { Russel }

Question 12

“Gothic can come close to p———-“ { b—- }

Answer 12

“Gothic can come close to PORNOGRAPHY” { BOWEN }

Question 13

“Gothic m——- are d——– t——— r———- across a c——” { Wood }

Answer 13

“Gothic monsters are distorted TENDENCIES repressed across a CULTURE” { WOOD }