After the Gothic time period many writers began to write gothic novels based on Poe’s work. You could even go as far as saying that there would be no horror at all today if it wasn’t for the ingenious mind of Edgar Allen Poe. The Gothic Time Period was the start of the Victorian era, and was also the beginning of many changes, such as scientific developments, and advances including autopsy science.
The components of the gothic literature that was being created were that the women we very passive, while the men asserted there dominance. There was also a great fear of pursuing technology. One of the most important aspects of a gothic novel is that it must have a gloomy setting, mostly in castles, on dark stormy nights, all of which the Masque of the Red Death contain. Over all The Masque of The Red Death is a prime example of an old gothic novel.
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