Gothic Crit Quotes COPY Flashcards
What happens to passive women in the Gothic?
Buzwell
“Any women who remains passive under the male gaze invariably finds herself in peril”
What does vampirism do for the audience?
Buzwell
“The very concept of vampirism horrifies and fascinates in seemingly equal measure”
How are women presented in the gothic?
Farah
“Innocent, passive domestic figures that are inferior to men”
How women are treated in the gothic?
Ledoux
“Distressed female heroines are imprisoned in the domestic sphere and threatened with extortion, rape and forced marriage”
What is Dracula?
Elis
“Dracula is the master of boundary crossing”
How tension is provided in the gothic?
Kidd
“Tension is provided by the possible violation of innocence”
What the gothic allows the readers?
Kidd
“Sublimate their inner most desires”
Modern psychoanalytic reading of the gothic
“Empirical desire ends with eventual downfall”
On the appearance of the gothic villain and their relationship with horror?
Marshall
“The faces of the gothic villains…are not simply human faces but faces of evil”
What does a gothic villain do?
Valentine
“Deliberately violates standards of morality”
What is TBC an example of?
Bacchilega
“Hetero-sexual sadomasochism in the context of a socially exploitative and repressive society”
What does Carter’s feminism allow?
Wardle
“Empowers the heroine and undermines the violent sexuality of the dominant male”
What kind of setting is prominent in the gothic?
Bowen
“Characters in Gothic fiction often find themselves in a strange place”
It is “often threatening or violent, sometimes sexually enticing”
What does the gothic deal with?
Gates
“Thematically, the Gothic novel deals with the conflicts of good and evil”
What was the focal point of women’s roles?
Michie
“The female body was often the focal point for the construction of women’s roles”
