Relier Pairs Themes in Gothic LiteratureVersion en ligne list of themes found in gothic literature par Debra Waldorf 1 Dangerous Knowledge 2 Rational vs Irrational 3 Powerful Secrets 4 Sublime Nature 5 Power of Ancestral Sins 6 Madness - Your own or others 7 Struggle between World of Imagination and World of Reason 8 Danger of Science 9 Supernatural 10 Fear of Machines People playing God Knowing how to do something that maybe probably/shouldn't be done Nature is awesome - an anti-depressant! Otherworldly elements: ghosts, aliens, witches, etcetera Actions that cursed future generations or the fear that they will. A character's madness may reveal a darker reality. Insane characters often speak truths that normal characters wish to deny. Fear of going insane or trouble distinguishing between fiction and nonfiction. Difference between what is real and what is not. The fear that machines will overtake us. Keeping secrets involves lack of trust, lies of omission, and outright lies.