Gothic Horror in Graham Greene’sA Gun for Sale

Abstract

The main contention of this research is to explore the fearful and frightening condition of British people shaped by horror and terror aroused by World War I and economic crisis of 1930s. How the great impact of economic crisis and destruction of world war I transformed the sound political and social condition of England into chaos that helped to gear up the terrific environment of England and fearful mentality of British people is the main concern of this research. For this purpose this study explores the Gothic elements like murdering, betrayal, transgression, labyrinth, dark, gloomy and foggy atmosphere exploited in the Graham Green'sA Gun for Sale applying the Gothic perspective. This research attempts to depict the suffering, pain, problem of British people created by terrific environment in England. British people have to face various miserable conditions due to the criminal activities of people. Scenes of murdering androbbery arouse the traumatic feeling to the British people. All these terrific situations and feelings of British people have been visualised applying the Gothicism in this research. As the present world is also the verge of fearful and frightening condition aroused by terrorism and violence, this research may provide insight to analyse the present real frightening and fearful condition of people due to the terrorism and violence through the literary theory of Gothicism.