Gothic Genre Flashcards
(17 cards)
What is pathetic fallacy?
Where the environment is closely linked to human emotions: storms are angry, food hiss secrets
What are religious / satanic ideas?
Religious ideas might include heaven/hell, good/evil; representations of the devil or hell
What is sensibility (the cult of emotion)?
Characters wallowing in their own feelings. Exaggerated or heightened emotional states or characters.
What is excess and extremity?
Extreme greed or wealth, over the top behaviour or showing off.
What is the supernatural / an ancestral curse?
Vampires, monsters, ghosts, ghouls, hauntings, werewolves; generations of family members cursed; ghost or vision
What is imagery of decay?
Things rotting and breaking down. This might be people, places or objects.
What is entrapment / imprisonment / claustrophobia?
The feeling of being trapped
What is isolation and lonkiness?
Characters living alone, stranded or separated from their normal lives.
What are nightmares / insanity / somna mbulism?
Terrible dreams; Characters who might be going mad;
Sleep walking
What is the night / nocturnal?
Events that happen in the dark
What are multiple / unreliable narrators?
More than one narrative voice. Can he/she be trusted?
The action might switch from character to character, or from form to form
What is a persecuted maiden /femme fatal?
Beautiful young woman who is in danger; Attractive and powerful women who will course distress
What is absolute power?
A character controlling other people or places, in total control.
What is the satanic / arcane?
Satanic: to do with the devil and hell.
Arcane: secret, mysterious, understood by few people.
What are some Gothic Character Tropes? (Emotions)
Cursed, outcast, orphaned, troubled / depressed, evil twin, imprisoned, isolation, naïve
What are the 6 parts of the story arc?
Expostion
Inciting incident
Rising action
Climax
Falling action
Resolution
What are some Gothic Character Tropes? (Nouns)
Ruined buildings, ancient places, persecuted maiden, femme fatal, death, illness, religion, night, romance, tragedy
