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What literary convention is used pervasively in "The Mysteries of Udolpho" ?

Correct answer: D. The uncanny doubling of characters

  • A. Satire
  • B. First-person narration
  • C. Realism
  • D. The uncanny doubling of characters

Explanation

Radcliffe repeatedly uses Gothic doubling, in which characters, identities or situations mirror one another and create uncanny uncertainty. The novel is not primarily satirical or written in the first person.

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