Gothic Tropes in 'The Werewolf'

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'There will be a crude icon of the virgin behind a guttering candle.'
Religion
1 of 9
'It was no longer a wolf's paw.'
Abhuman
2 of 9
'The Devil holds picnics in the graveyard and invites the witches.'
Supernatural
3 of 9
'Soon it came on to snow so thicky that the path and any footsteps, track or spoor that might have been upon it were obscured.'
Obscurity
4 of 9
'The Devil they glimpse often in the graveyards, those bleak and touching townships of the dead where the graves are marked with portraits of the deceased.'
Abject
5 of 9
'They dig up fresh corpses, and eat them.'
Taboo
6 of 9
'It was a hand, chopped off at the wrist.'
Horror
7 of 9
'Cold; tempest; wild beasts in the forest.'
Setting
8 of 9
'The good child does as her mother bids... she made a great swipe at it with her father's knife.'
Binary Opposition
9 of 9

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'It was no longer a wolf's paw.'

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Abhuman

Card 3

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'The Devil holds picnics in the graveyard and invites the witches.'

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Card 4

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'Soon it came on to snow so thicky that the path and any footsteps, track or spoor that might have been upon it were obscured.'

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Card 5

Front

'The Devil they glimpse often in the graveyards, those bleak and touching townships of the dead where the graves are marked with portraits of the deceased.'

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