An Analysis of The Gothic Elements in Caitlin Starling’s Novel The Death of Jane Lawrence

Abstract

This research examines the Gothic elements contained in the novel The Death of Jane Lawrence written by Caitlin Straling. The purpose of this study is to identify Gothic elements are found in the novel The Death of Jane Lawrence written by Caitlin Straling. This study uses a qualitative research method of content analysis to find out the intrinsic elements. The concept used in this research is Gothic elements that proposed by Robert Harris in identifying the Gothic elements contained in the novel The Death of Jane Lawrence written by Caitlin Straling. The data contained in this study are taken from words, dialogs, phrases, and sentences of the two main characters in the novel The Death of Jane Lawrence written by Caitlin Straling. The results of this study show that there are nine elements out of eleven Gothic elements found in the novel The Death of Jane Lawrence, namely supernatural or otherwise inexplicable events, omens, portents, visions, women in distress, high, even overwrought emotions, setting in a castle or old mansion, metonymy of gloom and horror, an atmosphere of mystery and suspense, vocabulary of gothic, and hyperbolic phrases. The nine Gothic elements are applied in two inrinsic elements, namely character and setting.