In the article The Gothic: Overview, it states that “the Gothic featured accounts of terrifying experiences in ancient castles — experiences connected with subterranean dungeons, secret passageways, flickering lamps, screams, moans, bloody hands, ghosts…” I spontaneously made a connection between the Gothic literary arts with contemporary horror fiction. I was once a fan of horror fiction. Reading horror fiction was an experience of challenging your imagination. The settings vary from ancient castle to underground tunnel. The narrative can be a human or an unknown species like a vampire. In the imagery world of horror fiction, everything is possible.

Darkness and unknown dangers are sources of fear. In ancient, our ancestors faced so many phenomena that couldn’t be explained, such as a tsunami. Therefore, Poseidon and other Greek Gods were created. In other words, fear inspired our imagination. Horror fiction aims to convey a sense of fear. Reading horror fiction is not only for entertainment or escaping from reality but sometimes for inspiration. I still remember a scene from Twilight, the narrative is a vampire and he preserves a youthful appearance. In order to live in human society, once he graduated from a high school, he will move to another town to start over his high school student life. This scene astonished me. Even though vampire has eternal life, they eventually will repeat their life tracks. For the human, the limited lifespan will encourage us to pursue various experience and think about what kind of life is indeed meaningful for ourselves.