The Castle of Otranto and A Sicilian Romance

Answer the following question on Horace Walpole’s The Castle of Otranto OR Ann Radcliffe’s A
Sicilian Romance. Your response should be presented as an essay.
In Gothic literature, the castle is commonly understood as a contested space. Consider how the
castle in The Castle of Otranto OR A Sicilian Romance is a contested space with respect to one of
the following pairings:
▪ rational and supernatural
▪ father and child
▪ past and present
▪ male and female