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Item Evaluation of Gothic Elements inThe House of the Seven Gables(Department of English, 2008-03) Bhattarai, SushmaHawthorne'sThe House of the Seven Gablesshows the moral decay, lust for money, crime, murder and the evils of society through the use ofgothic elements. The major theme of bookis thatthe wrong doing of one generation lives intothe successive ones, andbecomes a pure and uncontrollable mischief. To support the theme, Hawthorne explores sensationalism, mystery, suspense, terror, horror, doubleness and fantasy. While handling the theme of gothic, Hawthorne uses supernatural elements and as well as uncanny effect. These effects directly focuson thehuman psyche where fear, horror and terrorexist inside human mind.Item Evaluation of Gothic Presentation in Dickens’sGreat Expectations(Department of English, 2007) Sharda, KumariDickens’sGreat Expectationsshows his mastery over handling the subject matter of gothic in a highly influential manner. He was drawn to it by the mere fascination of the ugly and perverse, by the opportunities it gives to a writer for exploiting the theme of sensationalism, mystery,suspense, terror, horror, doubleness and fantasy. By showing these features Dickens tries to show the society riddled with crime, guilt, greed, decay, corruption and evil. While handling the theme of gothic, Dickens did not use any supernatural elements like ghosts, vampires, monsters etc. He concentrates on human psyche where horror, fear, terror etc. lurks inside human mind.