How Does Wieland Use Superstitions In Gothic Literature?

During the twenty-first century, the Gothic trend that seemed to replicate within a single family household entailed destruction within its humanity. Inheritance through the Gothic theme signified annotations of one's own, passed down through supernatural or natural feelings that often resulted in death. Usually, the inheritance within families portrayed in Gothic literature often entail a sense of uncanniness within the experiences and sensations that were displayed. Throughout the study of the two authors of the novel and article, the uncanniness theme is portrayed not only through the challenged belief within the Enlightenment but the superstitions that later question if religion overpowered one's ethics. Looking in a mirror either randomly, or on purpose sometimes creates a sensation that rather is creepy but yet familiar at the same time. The duality of the familiar yet strange image relates to the uncanny theme that Sigmund Freud's …show more content…
Throughout Wieland, these strange experiences of rather Gothic sensations happened among these characters. The Temple, the children, take among themselves when their father dies, shows the transformation from the American sacred structures to characteristics leading to the American Gothic features.
The Temple though helped Clara remember the stories her father told her about the immigration experience he had coming to America. The father hoped to see more music and education incorporated within the Enlightenment in the Temple, but once the Gothic phase occurred, that sensation faded. Violence displays its self in a way that the reader cannot conclude on through the mystery but rather the rational actions leading up to it. The Temple created a sense of memory for the children towards the beginning, which hindered no uncanny thoughts, but once Gothic characteristics occurred, tragedy slowly