The Short Story A Good Man is Hard to Find by Flannery O'Connor is a great example of Gothic literature. The gloomy weather outside the window creates a Gothic mood, also the Grandmother is mentioning a place to go to while the family seems confused, like there is a sense of danger, which is the main trait of Gothic Liteature.
“You all ought to take them somewhere else for a change so they would see different parts of the world and be broad. They never have been to east Tennessee.”
At this moment the whole family are on their way to Tennessee, but then they see there about to be in a car accident. This drives the plot to a dark
I knew this was a bad idea!
In this scene the family had a car accident and ended up on a ditch on the side of a empty dirt road, with a forest in the back with a dark sky, you just know something bad will happened. All 3 of these elements are part of Gothic Literature because it portrays a mystery which is a characteristic of Gothic Literature