The Grotesque
What The Grotesque means in English Literature A-Level, as defined for OCR.
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A mode used alongside the sublime and moral allegory, blended with traditional Gothic tropes of transgression and supernatural terror and with dark humour.
Imagery McCarthy employs alongside biblical allusions and a trio of spectral, murderous wanderers who embody a relentless, supernatural retribution.
Topics that use The Grotesque
Related terms
- Aestheticism and decadence
- Damnation and Moral Retribution
- Duality and the double
- Fatalism and Retribution
- Isolation and alienation
- Isolation and Madness
- Jealousy and Obsession
- Moral corruption and sin
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