Gothic conventions Flashcards
(14 cards)
1
Q
- Catholic setting instead of Protestant
- Past is not dead
A
Feudal past setting
2
Q
- Places contain secret histories
- Past haunts present
A
Castles, Churches, Ruins
3
Q
- Stormy skies, wild mountains, etc
- Small/overwhelmed characters
A
Sublime landscapes
4
Q
- Young, powerless, heroine
- Brave hero
- Older aristocratic evil men with authority
A
Good vs Evil Characters
5
Q
- Western stories imagine Easter as strange/exotic
- Otherness as monstrous and evil
A
Otherness/Orientalism
6
Q
- Characters with unknown histories
A
Strangers
7
Q
- Religion contrasting with enlightenment
A
Supernatural vs Logical
8
Q
- Fear, confinement, death
- Buried alive: Loss of freedom/identity
A
Subterrian Spaces
9
Q
- Repressed fear, emotion, desire
- Fragility of human mind (how guilt destroys it)
A
Dreams and Madness
10
Q
- Ordinary feels weird
A
The uncanny
11
Q
- Represent inner psychological struggles, how past haunts present
- Identity repression, consequence of hidden truth
A
Doubles
12
Q
- Power dynamics, social control, patriarchical oppression
- Culture fears desire, social expectation vs personal desire
A
Gender and Sexuality
13
Q
- Breakdown of social and moral order
- How suppressed desires/sin can destroy
A
Incest/Perverse Sexuality
14
Q
- All-seeing-eye
- Monitors societal behaviors
A
Surveillance
