Dismal rain trickled on the thin layer of glass along with the cold of the winter that separated Amelia’s dreams from her reality. A crazed laughter filled the remainders of the castle followed shortly by the rain silencing.
Amelia swung round in distress, her mind told her it would be him. The ghost in her nightmares that would break the soft porcelain flesh and suck the blood of her elegant neck, then run his blood soaked hands through her long dark hair until she bled dry and lay still.
She laughed a sigh of relief as she climbed the stairway up to her chamber, only to encounter the frightful figure waiting for her. Waiting in the cold dark of night.
Wednesday, 4 July 2012
Monday, 2 July 2012
Features Of The Gothic Genre
Setting - Castles, Abbeys, Gothic architecture, grand buildings. Dark spooky atmosphere, Cathedrals, churches, bleak, vast landscape, desolation, isolated setting, prison. Pathetic fallacy is usually noticed in gothic literature when describing a scene/weather. The setting can sometimes be in a different country e.g europe. Creating a sense of the unknown for the reader and a more isolated tone.
Power balances- Male dominance, heroes, threateni8ng figures versus Sexualised, venerable females, or female heroines.
Supernatural events - Dramatic, amazing events occur, such as ghosts or giants walking, or inanimate objects (such as a suit of armour or painting) coming to life. In some works, the events are ultimately given a natural explanation, while in others the events are truly supernatural. These supernatural events tend to play with characters minds, tormenting them physiologically.
Women in distress - As an appeal to the pathos and sympathy of the reader, the female characters often face events that leave them fainting, terrified, screaming, and/or sobbing. Women are reperesented as gullable.
Melodramatic styles- exaggerated moods and description to heighten the suspense and excitement for the reader.
Religion - Also has a key part in the gothic. Such as 'The Monk', it is stories like this that make the reader question the monks actions and religion. Gothic sotried involving vampires and wolves also tend to have a christian background with crosses, rituals and shrines present.
Power balances- Male dominance, heroes, threateni8ng figures versus Sexualised, venerable females, or female heroines.
Supernatural events - Dramatic, amazing events occur, such as ghosts or giants walking, or inanimate objects (such as a suit of armour or painting) coming to life. In some works, the events are ultimately given a natural explanation, while in others the events are truly supernatural. These supernatural events tend to play with characters minds, tormenting them physiologically.
Women in distress - As an appeal to the pathos and sympathy of the reader, the female characters often face events that leave them fainting, terrified, screaming, and/or sobbing. Women are reperesented as gullable.
Melodramatic styles- exaggerated moods and description to heighten the suspense and excitement for the reader.
Religion - Also has a key part in the gothic. Such as 'The Monk', it is stories like this that make the reader question the monks actions and religion. Gothic sotried involving vampires and wolves also tend to have a christian background with crosses, rituals and shrines present.
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