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        Literature is usually relfective of the era it is written in even if it is never directly mentioned. For example a tale about monsters and castles written in the late 19th century may contain industrial critiques. In this example I am refering Stoker's Dracula which if observed closely spins a tale of a jaded society who needs a smart jester to come realizae the reality of a riidclous situation. This led me to ask how did gothic literature relate to industrialization. However I thought this may be too specfic so I spceified it down to edgar allen poes writing. In a moment of relaization however I came to the conclusion that the question framed as in: How did industrilization influence gothic literature was entirely reasonable.
        
        True introduction: Literature most often reflects the time period in which it is written, even if specific events or direct critiques are made. In literature subtext works as an authors means of self-expression in their work. For instance, a Gothic tale about monsters and castles in the late 19th century may contain critiques of industrialization. More specifically, In the subtext of Bram Stoker's Dracula there contains a story of societal disillusionment and perceptive outsiders who shed light on absurd situations. This story led me to themes of Gothic literature and and industrialization. Through many different stages of writing on these topics, I ultimately came to the question of " How did industrialization influence gothic writers"
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        Literature often reflects the time period in which it was written, even if the specific events or themes are not directly referenced. For instance, a Gothic tale about monsters and castles written in the late 19th century may contain critiques of industrialization, such as Bram Stoker's Dracula. By examining the text closely, one can see how it comments on the societal disillusionment and the need for a perceptive outsider to shed light on absurd situations. This led me to ponder the relationship between Gothic literature and industrialization, and ultimately, I realized that the question "How did industrialization influence Gothic literature?" was a valid and relevant one to explore.
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    - - Why my take is different: 3 reasons, ecology, socialism, and culture. The enviromental consequences of industrialization wouldnt be known until way later but these books were paitning early pictures of the environmental degradation they were seeing. The socialist quality is the reality in which the books were written in far removed from the romanticisim of the time. The cultural quality is that throughout millenia cultures had used supernatural terror and explanations for the world industrialization had jaded people and gothic literature introduces this in a new way. So my final question is about enviroment, culture and politcs
        
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        The big three im using are particularly relvant today and the lessons of the past still apply today. I think the ciritque of industrialism of gothic writers is particularly relavant to todays climate change. The jadedness of soceity particualry after a worlwide epidemic is also something to address. I want to address atheisma nd industrial nations. And i want to address poltical values and literature.
        
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        Organization- I will start with an introductory SECTION that brings a couple questions into the readers mind. i will then dicuss a little bit of the organization in the introductory. I will then do setion by section of by big three using each primary source and secondary sources for BACKGROUND in PARAPHRASALS
        
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