Abstract
The main purpose of this paper is to highlight the gloomy atmosphere in the American and Irish gothic novels as a reaction to the introspection of the dark side of the human nature and the ideological conflict or clash with other human groups. In this paper, a comparative close reading analysis will be implemented on Brown's Edger Huntly and Melville's Moby Dick from the American gothic novels, and on Maturin's Melmoth the Wanderer from the Irish literature, in order to prove how the gloomy atmosphere is one of the basic elements in the American and Irish gothic novels.
Highlights
One of the characteristics of the gothic novels is the depiction of the dark or gloomy side of the human nature
Such dark feeling might lead the characters in the gothic novel to violence, terror, murder, and loneliness
This depiction of human nature is like a journey from despondency to despair, in which when we delve into our human nature we become desperate because of discovering the evil or gloomy side of this nature
Summary
One of the characteristics of the gothic novels is the depiction of the dark or gloomy side of the human nature. The gloomy side of the human nature may be a reaction to the psychological, social, economic, ideological, and political unrest, or even to the human desire to survive in this nature. Such dark feeling might lead the characters in the gothic novel to violence, terror, murder, and loneliness. This psychological abnormality is related to the character’s dark feeling of revenging upon others or upon the nature in order to assert his/her existence in the universe. This gloomy feeling lead the characters in the gothic novel to doom in which they are either die or get desperate and hopeless of their lives
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