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.
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