Gothic Genre Flashcards

(17 cards)

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What is pathetic fallacy?

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Where the environment is closely linked to human emotions: storms are angry, food hiss secrets

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What are religious / satanic ideas?

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Religious ideas might include heaven/hell, good/evil; representations of the devil or hell

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What is sensibility (the cult of emotion)?

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Characters wallowing in their own feelings. Exaggerated or heightened emotional states or characters.

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What is excess and extremity?

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Extreme greed or wealth, over the top behaviour or showing off.

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What is the supernatural / an ancestral curse?

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Vampires, monsters, ghosts, ghouls, hauntings, werewolves; generations of family members cursed; ghost or vision

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What is imagery of decay?

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Things rotting and breaking down. This might be people, places or objects.

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What is entrapment / imprisonment / claustrophobia?

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The feeling of being trapped

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What is isolation and lonkiness?

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Characters living alone, stranded or separated from their normal lives.

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What are nightmares / insanity / somna mbulism?

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Terrible dreams; Characters who might be going mad;
Sleep walking

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What is the night / nocturnal?

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Events that happen in the dark

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What are multiple / unreliable narrators?

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More than one narrative voice. Can he/she be trusted?
The action might switch from character to character, or from form to form

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What is a persecuted maiden /femme fatal?

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Beautiful young woman who is in danger; Attractive and powerful women who will course distress

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What is absolute power?

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A character controlling other people or places, in total control.

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What is the satanic / arcane?

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Satanic: to do with the devil and hell.
Arcane: secret, mysterious, understood by few people.

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What are some Gothic Character Tropes? (Emotions)

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Cursed, outcast, orphaned, troubled / depressed, evil twin, imprisoned, isolation, naïve

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What are the 6 parts of the story arc?

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Expostion
Inciting incident
Rising action
Climax
Falling action
Resolution

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What are some Gothic Character Tropes? (Nouns)

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Ruined buildings, ancient places, persecuted maiden, femme fatal, death, illness, religion, night, romance, tragedy