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... There are plenty of gothic elements used in Gaskell’s “The Old Nurse Story”. ... By adding these descriptions, the reader gets in the right mood for reading this kind of a ghost story. We also get to see some gothic elements as she continues to describe what the house looks like from the inside, with all the large, dark rooms, the great organ, the long stairs and of course all the paintings, of which some are not supposed to be seen… Not to forget the part of the house that is locked- the east wing. ...
It does not however take long for the most typical of all gothic traits to appear, a ghost that is.
Approximate Word count = 488
Approximate Pages = 2
(250 words per page double spaced)
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