🧛 Part 1: Understanding Gothic Monsters

1. Which of the following best describes the primary function of monsters in gothic literature?

To provide comic relief

To represent human fears and anxieties

To create simple entertainment

To demonstrate supernatural powers

2. Select all characteristics commonly associated with madness in gothic horror:

Loss of rational thought

Obsessive behaviour

Perfect self-control

Moral corruption

Social isolation

3. Gothic monsters often symbolise societal fears. Which fear is most commonly represented?

Fear of technology advancement

Fear of losing humanity or moral corruption

Fear of natural disasters

Fear of economic collapse

4. Complete the sentence: In gothic literature, the line between hero and monster is often _____________ to explore themes of _____________ and _____________.

In gothic literature, the line between hero and monster is often _____________ to explore themes of _____________ and _____________.

📖 Part 2: Character Analysis

5. Choose a gothic character from your reading. Analyse their motivations and what drives them to monstrosity or madness:

Character name: _________________________

6. Identify and explain two language features or literary devices the author uses to convey this character's monstrous or mad qualities:

Device 1: _________________________

Device 2: _________________________

7. What does this character symbolically represent about human nature or society? Provide textual evidence:

🎭 Part 3: Audience Response and Symbolism

8. How does the author use the monster or mad character to evoke emotional responses from readers? Consider fear, sympathy, disgust, or fascination:

9. Connect the character's monstrosity or madness to the historical or social context of when the text was written. What anxieties of that time period might the character represent?

10. Exit Ticket: In 2-3 sentences, explain how monsters and madness function symbolically in gothic horror literature: