There is more horror than terror in Carters treatment of the Gothic Consider this view in the light of at least two stories from The Bloody Chamber.
Robert Fillingham
‘There is more horror than terror in Carter’s treatment of the Gothic’ Consider this view in the light of at least two stories from ‘The Bloody Chamber’.
It is clear that Carter fully intended to insight more horror than terror because all of her stories are above and beyond anything relatable or normal, for example, ‘The Tigers Bride’ and ‘Wolf-Alice’. There are stories such as ‘The Bloody Chamber’ that reveal a sense of terror as it is a very real possibility of happening in reality, however the way in which the story unravels is outdated so is perceived more as a horror story in the modern day. Carter uses horror as a way of revealing societies down falls through unrealistic events such as vampires and werewolves. In carters treatment of the gothic there is more horror than terror because of the messages she is clearly trying to convey to us as the audience.