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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. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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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
back to the Middle Ages, a time seen as barbaric (the original meaning of gothic), unlike the “enlightened” time of the present.
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.
Symbolism•Dark Romantics always use symbols•Often in the title
Mood•Unlike Early Romantic stories, the emphasis is on creating a dark mood
•Created through imagery, setting, character & subject matter
Setting
•Wild and desolate landscapes
Setting•Ruined abbeys
•Feudal halls•Medieval castles with dungeons
•Graveyards
Setting•Secret passages
•Winding staircases
•Sliding panels•Torture chambers
Underground rooms and
tombs
A Catholic or feudal society
Supernatural
elements
A heroine with a
trembling sensitivity
and her impetuous
lover
Heroines and heroes in incredible
danger
Characters
•Priests•Monks•Physicians
•Wicked tyrants•Evil witches•Tyrannical older men
Demonic powers
Spooky effects
and haunting specters
•Sleep•Dream & death-like states
Live burial
Doubles/twins
•Discovery of obscure family ties•Incest
Unnatural silences;
unspeakable ideas and
events
Guilt and shame – and the effects of
them
Secret and undecipher
able writings
•Cats•Bats•Wolves
Moonlight
Oppressive atmosphere
of doom
Blood
Murder
Fear
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