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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Remathilis" data-source="post: 4666155" data-attributes="member: 7635">That's a bit of an overstatement.Surely, tragic endings occur in many of the classic "gothic" literature, such as Dr. Victor Frankenstein's death at the end of the classic novel, but happy endings are there as well.Take Bram Stoker's Dracula. Surely, there are tragic elements (Lucy Westera's death and vampirism being the most obvious) but in the end of the original novel, the hunters are victorious in destroying Dracula with but a single death (Quincy Morris). The epilogue of the novel features a gathering of the hunters Dr. Stewart, Dr. Van Helsing, Lord Godalming, and John and Mina Harker, (the latter cured of her impending vampirism and having given birth to a son, named Quincy after Mr. Morris). As close to a happy ending as you can get.So in the cannon of gothic lit, there IS room for happy endings.</blockquote>