Gothic writing remains fascinated by objects and practices that are :: English Literature

Gothic paternity form fascinated by objects and practices that arenegative, irrational and baseborn. How far would you agree with this relation? Jane Eyre? WHY the focus, why the preoccupation?IntroductionIt is typical of Gothic writing to be fascinated by objects andpractices that are negative, irrational and immoral.(define key terminalin terms of gothic elements) Such objects and practices are usuallyshunned by the society, much of which are very controversial. However,the Gothic being didactic in nature uses these objects and practicesto challenge and convey a certain moral agenda. In this essay, in thecontext of Charlotte BrontesJane Eyre and Bram Stokers Dracula, weare going to explore the different objects and practices in thesenovels that are negative, irrational and immoral and show how they canconvey a moral agenda. There are several objects and practices inwhich portrays the immoral obesssions??? of mincing society.Practices such as polygamy, voyeurism and rape, , i ncest and theOedipus complex are such of immoral practices in which shows that theGothic is fascinated in its writing.Polygamy is regarded immoral in Victorian quantify as men aretraditonalluy monogamysupposed to have relationships with more thanone woman. The rake transfusion scene in Stokers Dracula of Lucy byArthur Holmwood, Quincey Morris, Van Helsing and prepare Seward depictsthe controversies of polygamy.In page 225, Arthur claims that he felt, since (the jobtransfusion), as if they too had been really married and that she washis wife in the sight of God. This shows that Arthur, in Freudianterms, is already married during the transfusion, along with theother men. If the idea of transfusing as a prognosticate practice ofmarriage, the fact that, the other three men had also transferredblood to her would mean that they too have married her. This fulfilsLucys desire of letting a girl marry three men as many motive her,as it has been said in page 81.Voyeurism and rape, in whi ch is regarded as an immoral act is alsoshown in Dracula in which the act of staking Lucys affection is accordingRoth (199) is relatively explicit and full of sexuality. When thestake is driven into her heart, she lapses into an orgasmic-likestate, as it is quoted in page 277, The Thing in the coffin wriggleand a hideous blood-curdling screech came from the opened red lips.Females being sexually open are regarded as immoral during theVictorian era. There are several examples showing Lucy being sexuallyopen, as such in page 80, You think me as a horrid flirt though Icant help feeling a sort of exaltation that cardinal men were interested