реферирование текста онлайнeveryone thinks about the supernatural – things that cannot be explained. things that are frightening. people have always been fascinated by the supernatural. the men and women of ancient greek literature believed in and feared the power of the supernatural. many of the ancient greek plays are full of fear and horror. today, in parts of the world like haiti in the west indies, people believe strongly in the power of magic or woodoo. you and i are afraid of things that can’t be explained. but we are fascinated by the fear. we are afraid, but we are curious. stories of mysterious and horrible events frighten us and attract us. shakespeare’s plays included ghosts and spirits. the jacobean tragedies, written in the early 17th century, were often blood curdling. but for english readers, horror stories really became fashionable in the middle of the 18th century. in 1764 horace walpole wrote «the castle otranto». his book was the first «gothic novel». the gothic novels started a fashion that continued for more than two