Performing Terror, Sexuality, and Gender in The Monk

The Gothic novel has established a tradition of §horror fiction in which sexuality, violence, death, §and immorality are interwoven. They work §with supernatural power and spectral settings that §transmits a deathly atmosphere. Characters are §always situated in the mood of darkness which causes §the feelings of sublime. The themes, settings, and §style help the Gothic novel to form its own Gothic §conventions. Its influence still permeates until §now. The Gothic novel is distinct in its mood, §style, and settings. It has established a tradition §of horror fiction in which themes like sexuality, §violence, death, and immorality are interwoven. §These themes work with supernatural power and §spectral settings that transmits a deathly §atmosphere. Henceforth, characters are always §situated in the mood of darkness which causes the §feelings of sublime. These themes, settings, and §style help the Gothic novel to form its own Gothic §conventions which still influence the production of §horror fiction. The book offers a brief review of §The Monk through aesthetic approach,the sublime, to §investigate the themes as gender and sexuality.