Features of gothic
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- Created on: 04-06-14 18:31
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- Features of The Gothic
- Symbolic use of light and dark
- The supernatural
- Shock, horror and revulsion
- Psychologically effected characters
- Grim and dark
- The monster within
- Isolated female in an unknown setting
- Characters effected by their past
- Physical settings and visual elements are recognisable
- Plots may include journeys, pursuits and rescues
- Tendency to enjoy the savage or the violent
- The ordered world is often overturned or threatened
- Conclude with the victory of the gothic forces that disturb human order.
- An interest in the sublime
- An interest in sensibility
- Villainous aristocrats
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