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The Woman in Black

The mist released into the audience was very effective at creating a 3 dimensional atmosphere. This was the best use of mood and atmosphere in the play.

The sound effects used, although very artificial, also effectively created a tense mood.

The dark lighting and the fac t that the ghost itself was almost never revealed was mysterious and tense, and also made the few subtle times the woman in black was revealed all the more effective and scary.

There were also a few jumpy moments which pleased the audience whilst simultaniously putting them on edge, awaiting the next scare.

The simplistic sets and the two actors made a simple story, told simply, extremely scary and effectively moody and atmospheric.

Gothic poetry is generally more pyschologically orientated than gothic prose or fiction. Edgar Allan Poe and other gothic poets tend to focus they’re poetry on madness and pyschological torment, such as “The Raven” and “Ulalume”. Gothic poetry often uses exagerated alliteration and other unrealistic poetic techniques.

Famous Gothic Poems:

“The Raven” Edgar Allan Poe

“Ulalume” Edgar Allan Poe

“La Belle Dame sans Merci” John Keats

The Gothic -

The Gothic is a style of literature that started around the late 18th century, and beggining of the 19th century. Gothic texts often feature supernatural and dark imagery, ranging from violent and gory to uncanny and supernatural. Gothic novels, like Romantic writing, often features powerful descriptions of nature, and it’s power over man. Gothic literature also often features mysterious and bizarre plots, which were extremely melodramatic and unrealistic. Usually these novels were set in remote locations such as castles, monasteries, churches and graveyards. Often demons, ghosts, mosnters, skeletons and corpses featured, but gothic writing ranges from totally unrealistic and horrific events in some novels (Fall of the House of Usher, Dracula, Frankenstien) , to dark, and brooding moods and atmospheres in others (Wuthering Heights, Rebbecca)

I am enjoying certain aspects of the Gothic, and I am looking foreward to reading Frankenstien. I have begun reading “The Wasp Factory” by Iain Banks, and I am enjoying it alot. It is fairly gruesome in some parts, and is so far brilliant. I am extremely easily scared, so I may not enjoy some actually scary gothic work.

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