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The Gothic double is a genre convention in Gothic fiction (or related genres) in which a single characters manifests a divided personality. Closely linked to the Doppelgänger, which first appeared in the 1796 novel Siebenkäs by Johann Paul Richter, the double figure emerged in Gothic literature in the late 18th century due to a resurgence of interest in…
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gothic double | Authors | Johann Paul Richter, Mary Shelley, Charlotte Bronte, Emily Bronte, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Louis Stevenson, Daphne du Maurier, Jeff VanderMeer | 1.00 | infobox |
| Gothic double | Cultural origins | Originated in Celtic folklore through lookalike figures such as the fetch, and in late 18th-century German literature | 1.00 | infobox |
| Gothic double | Formats | Present in a wide variety of formats including novels, films, short stories, and plays | 1.00 | infobox |
| Gothic double | Popularity | Consistently popular in literature from 18th century to 21st century, present in famous texts such as Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde | 1.00 | infobox |
| Gothic double | Stylistic origins | Gothic fiction, Romanticism, Horror | 1.00 | infobox |
| Gothic double | is a | genre convention in Gothic fiction | 0.90 | text |
| a haunted castle | instance of | where evil was no longer within a physical location | 0.80 | text |
| but expanded to inhabit the mind of characters | instance of | where evil was no longer within a physical location | 0.80 | text |
| often referred to as | instance of | where evil was no longer within a physical location | 0.80 | text |
| Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan | instance of | the Gothic double motif has further been featured in horror and psychological thriller films | 0.80 | text |
| a ghost haunting a castle | instance of | Rather than evil being an external force | 0.80 | text |
| as apparent in early Gothic texts such as Horace Walpole's The Castle of Otranto | instance of | Rather than evil being an external force | 0.80 | text |
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