Answer: The origins of Gothic literature can be traced to various historical, cultural, and artistic precedents. Figures found in ancient folklore, such as the Demon Lover, the Cannibal Bridegroom, the Devil, and assorted demons, later populated the pages of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Gothic novels and dramas. In addition, many seventeenth- and eighteenth-century works are believed to have served as precursors to the development of the Gothic tradition in Romantic literature. These works include plays by William Shakespeare, such as Hamlet (c. 1600–01), and Macbeth (1606), which feature supernatural elements, demons, and apparitions, and Daniel Defoe's An Essay on the History and Reality of Apparitions (1727), which was written to support religion and discourage superstition by providing evidence of the existence of good spirits, angels, and other divine manifestations, and by ridiculing delusions and naive credulity. However, while these elements were present in literature and folklore prior to the mid-eighteenth century, when the Gothic movement began, it was the political, social, and theological landscape of eighteenth-century Europe that served as an impetus for this movement. Edmund Burke's treatise A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful (1757) introduced the concept of increasing appreciation for the nature of experiences characterized by the "sublime" and "beautiful" by depicting and then engaging (vicariously) in experiences comprised of elements that are contrary in nature, such as terror, death, and evil. Writers composed Gothic narratives during this period largely in response to anxiety over the change in social and political structure brought about by such events as the French Revolution, the rise in secular-based government, and the rapidly changing nature of the everyday world brought about by scientific advances and industrial development, in addition to an increasing aesthetic demand for realism rather than folklore and fantasy. The Gothic worlds depicted fears about what might happen, what could go wrong, and what could be lost by continuing along the path of political, social, and theological change, as well as reflecting the desire to return to the time of fantasy and belief in supernatural intervention that characterized the Middle Ages. In some cases Gothic narratives were also used to depict horrors that existed in the old social and political order—the evils of an unequal, intolerant society. In Gothic narratives writers were able to both express the anxiety generated by this upheaval and, as Burke suggested, increase society's appreciation and desire for change and progress.
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Vigorously
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This word is describing the verb write
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Zenith Public School,
Ashok Vihar,
New Delhi, India.
20th July, 2020
The Globe Tours and Travel,
235 Nehru Place,
New Delhi, India.
TERMS FOR CONDUCTED TOURS
I, Varsha Malhotra, the head girl of the above named school wish to contact you to make inquiries about the terms of a tour we are going to embark on. Our history teacher is organizing a tour for us in-order to show us historical sites at Agra, Jaipur and Chandigarh.
Based on this fact, I would like to know about the terms of service for the tour we are to be embarked on in-order to plan ourselves. How much would it take to convey 60 students to those places using your company's deluxe bus? The fare for the trip, boarding? And, also, do you have lodging in those places and how much does it cost per night for each person?
Additionally, we would like to know the total time the trip will take as well as the mode of payment for the trip? Do your company accept cash or can we pay through cheque?
Thank you as I look forward to your reply to my questions.
Yours sincerely,
Varsha Malhotra.
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idle means the time spent on doing nothing
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