Why does Byron use so many contrasts in "She Walks in Beauty"? What purpose do the contrasts serve? Cite examples in your response. Your answer should be at least 250 words.

Which three elements of gothic literature clearly mirror the situation of women in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries? strange characters and settings an overall atmosphere of mystery and suspense unexplained or supernatural events characters’ inability to control their fates high emotions experienced by characters suffering from a sense of doom women threatened by powerful males