This essay will explore how the Gothic novels ‘Beloved’ and ‘Under the Skin’, complicate the trope of Otherness through the use of physical forms, such as the home and the body, intangible concepts, such as language, the subconscious and the conflicting nature of characters’ thoughts and actions. This complexity prompts the reader to question what truly is the Other, and in turn, what this means for understanding its opposite, the familiar. What is exclusively classed as the Other in both novels is not so clearly defined. The concept of the Other refers to something, or someone, that is dissimilar to the norm and outside of the realm of the familiar.
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