Which theme commonly appears in modern gothic literary works

death and decay, haunted homes/castles, family curses, madness, powerful love/romance, ghosts, and vampires.

Answer: Gloomy, decaying setting (haunted houses or castles with secret passages, trapdoors, and other mysterious architecture)

Supernatural beings or monsters (ghosts, vampires, zombies, giants)

Curses or prophecies.

Damsels in distress.

Heroes.

Romance.

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