Relacionar Columnas Themes in Gothic LiteratureVersión en línea list of themes found in gothic literature por Debra Waldorf 1 Power of Ancestral Sins 2 Struggle between World of Imagination and World of Reason 3 Madness - Your own or others 4 Sublime Nature 5 Rational vs Irrational 6 Danger of Science 7 Fear of Machines 8 Supernatural 9 Dangerous Knowledge 10 Powerful Secrets Actions that cursed future generations or the fear that they will. Knowing how to do something that maybe probably/shouldn't be done Keeping secrets involves lack of trust, lies of omission, and outright lies. Difference between what is real and what is not. Nature is awesome - an anti-depressant! The fear that machines will overtake us. Fear of going insane or trouble distinguishing between fiction and nonfiction. A character's madness may reveal a darker reality. Insane characters often speak truths that normal characters wish to deny. Otherworldly elements: ghosts, aliens, witches, etcetera People playing God