Consider the view that gothic writing often explores the powerlessness of humanity when faced with the

power and the supernatural The gothic genre typically uses fantasy and dark imagery to show abnormality and portray a moral message, it combines elements of horror, romance, isolation, the supernatural and the unknown to create fear among the audience. In all three texts gothic writing explores the powerlessness of humanity, however it is not always due to the power of the supernatural. Although there are supernatural elements in the texts they are not always the reason for the lack of power in humanity. In Macbeth