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