Question

Which of these features of Gothic writing is illustrated by the repeated tapping on the speaker's door in Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven"?

Answer 1

The correct answer would be suspense

Answer 2

The Gothic element there is the horror that ensues after he hears the tapping. The character is alone during a spooky, dreary night, nobody found anywhere, and suddenly there is a mysterious tapping by someone, and it turns out that no-one tapped, which means either madness or ghosts, that are either way both elements of Gothic writing.