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Although there are no options attached we could say that the features of life in the early 19th century created a kind of fear and anxiety that Gothic writers expressed in their works of horror or tragedy were misfortune and the fear of death.
In fictional literature, the Gothic style is considered to be a sub-genre of horror. Some authors date back Gothic literature to 1764 when English writer Horace Walpole created the novel "The Castle of Otranto." The themes expressed in Gothic literature are based on the fears and anxiety of humans, the tragedies of life, the fear of the unknown, and the fear of death.