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Dark Romantic (Gothic) Elements

Dark Romantic (Gothic) Elements. Gothic Origins. The scary stories that we enjoy today had their first flowering in English literature in the beginning of the l9th century. Gothic Origins. At that time, such scary stories and novels were termed “Gothic” to refer.

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Dark Romantic (Gothic) Elements

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  1. Dark Romantic (Gothic) Elements

  2. Gothic Origins • The scary stories that we enjoy today had their first flowering in English literature in the beginning of the l9th century.

  3. Gothic Origins • At that time, such scary stories and novels were termed “Gothic” to refer back to the Middle Ages, a time seen as barbaric (the original meaning of gothic), unlike the “enlightened” time of the present.

  4. Gothic Elements • The following elements were likely to be found in the l9th century. You can expect to find this sort of thing in most of Edgar Allen Poe’s work, including his detective stories.

  5. Symbolism • Dark Romantics always use symbols • Often in the title

  6. Mood • Unlike Early Romantic stories, the emphasis is on creating a dark mood • Created through imagery, setting, character & subject matter

  7. Setting • Wild and desolate landscapes

  8. Setting • Ruined abbeys • Feudal halls • Medieval castles with dungeons • Graveyards

  9. Setting • Secret passages • Winding staircases • Sliding panels • Torture chambers

  10. Underground rooms and tombs

  11. A Catholic or feudal society

  12. Supernatural elements

  13. A heroine with a trembling sensitivity and her impetuous lover

  14. Heroines and heroes in incredible danger

  15. Characters • Priests • Monks • Physicians

  16. Wicked tyrants • Evil witches • Tyrannical older men

  17. Demonic powers

  18. Spooky effects and haunting specters

  19. Sleep • Dream & death-like states

  20. Live burial

  21. Doubles/twins

  22. Discovery of obscure family ties • Incest

  23. Unnatural silences; unspeakable ideas and events

  24. Guilt and shame – and the effects of them

  25. Secret and undecipherable writings

  26. Cats • Bats • Wolves

  27. Moonlight

  28. Oppressive atmosphere of doom

  29. Blood

  30. Murder

  31. Fear

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