The novel is also the fullest articulation of the important Gothic theme of the double: the contrast between good and evil in people or places. Stevenson anticipates the ideas of Sigmund Freud ...

When Shakespeare came to write his play, he knew that his audience would find the theme of evil and the supernatural very interesting indeed. How does Shakespeare show this? The Witches ...

The original short story Viy is based on came out during the emergence of the gothic literary ... conflict of good versus evil. Viy’s horror is witch-horror. Witches mean magic, and that means ...