WHAT WAS THE GOTHIC TRADITION AND WHY DID MACBETH BELONG TO IT

THE GOTHIC TRADITION WAS ABOUT:

• Death,pain,loss.
• Also It was quite romantic which when MacBeth was set was not a subject you often heard of.
• People believed that it was a private subject.
• Basically anything dark paranormal or spooky was The Gothic Tradition.
• Creatures such as witches,gouls and vampires all are part of the gothic tradition.

WHO STARTED THE GOTHIC TRADITION

• The gothic tradition was started by a group of Germans called 'the goths'.
• 'The goths' used to fight a lot of battles and apparently they used to be larger than life characters.
• They were not shy in showing there emotions weather they were happy sad or angry.
• They were pretty rough and ready and slightly different which started the new dark trend.

WHAT THEMES IN MACBETH ARE GOTHIC...

• Firstly there are witches in MacBeth which are gothic paranormal creatures.
• A lot of MacBeth is set in dark scary places such as the woods,in the castle or just outdoors at night.
• There is a lot of murder and death with in MacBeth which is gothic.
• The witches bring a lot of disorder to MacBeth as a play and are key roles with in the story.
• Also MacBeth does turn crazy which is gothic because he has fantasies about blood and a dagger.

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• All of these dark themes play a big part in MacBeth.
• And the whole play is a horror with lots of gothic tradition and dark themes.