In literature, a theme is an idea or message the author wants to convey through the literary work and that is influenced by the genre a literary work belongs to. In the case of Gothic genre or Gothic writing, this was a fictional literature genre that emerged in the 19th century and that mixes elements such as horror, death, the supernatural and in some cases romance. Also, this commonly involves characters such as vampires, ghosts, zombies, werewolves, among others that act as villains or opposing forces of humans. Because of this, in this genre, it is common to find themes related to death, supernatural experiences or entities and fear. Considering the previous ideas it can be concluded, the one that is a typical theme in Gothic writing is the supernatural as in Gothic literature elements such as supernatural entities, death and horror are common.
The are two different clauses in this sentence. One is the dependent and the other is the independent. The independent clause is the one that can stand alone. It is a complete sentence on its own. The dependent clause is the one that is left an incomplete sentence.
Reading the phrase "The powwow" I imagined a really loud sound triggering my sense of hearing. You can tell that some sort of explosion or accident has happened or is being referred to in the poem.
Jin Wang is the one who experiences a character arc over the course of the play. In American Born Chinese Jin Wang suffers an internal conflict because he struggles to accept his cultural identity, he is an insecure teenager about how he looks and how he acts.