Discuss 2 or 3 other evil characters from stories or films that you think are as interesting as the hero. Describe each character and tell what makes that villain an interesting character.

Which three elements of gothic literature clearly mirror the situation of women in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries? strange characters and settings an overall atmosphere of mystery and suspense unexplained or supernatural events characters’ inability to control their fates high emotions experienced by characters suffering from a sense of doom women threatened by powerful males