off. Vampires, monsters, ghosts, The ghouls, hauntings, Supernatural werewolves, etc… Things rotting and breaking Imagery down. This might be people, of decay places or objects. Horror Scary bits – for characters and readers. and terror Characters living alone, Isolation and stranded or separated from loneliness their normal lives. Characters unsure if what they are seeing is real or imagined. Blurring of Characters who might be going sanity/insanity mad. Does the audience even know? Sex and Does this one need explaining? Lust, desire, sex, etc! Sexuality More than one narrative voice. The action might switch from Multiple character to character, or from Narrators form to form (ie diary entry to narration). Murder, theft, cruelty, Crime, lawlessness and general bad and abuse behaviour. A character controlling other people or places, in total Absolute power control. Remember what absolute power does to people? Satanic: to do with the devil The Satanic/ and hell. Arcane: secret, mysterious, Arcane understood by few people. Identify examples of the Gothic in this extract from Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, highlight them, then copy them into the boxes above.
off. The Supernatural Vampires, monsters, ghosts, ghouls, hauntings, werewolves, etc… Imagery of decay Things rotting and breaking down. This might be people, places or objects. Horror and terror Scary bits – for characters and readers. Isolation and loneliness Characters living alone, stranded or separated from their normal lives. Blurring of sanity/insanity Characters unsure if what they are seeing is real or imagined. Characters who might be going mad. Does the audience even know? Sex and Sexuality Does this one need explaining? Lust, desire, sex, etc! Multiple Narrators More than one narrative voice. The action might switch from character to character, or from form to form (ie diary entry to narration). Crime, lawlessness and abuse Murder, theft, cruelty, and general bad behaviour. Absolute power A character controlling other people or places, in total control. Remember what absolute power does to people? The Satanic/ Arcane Satanic: to do with the devil and hell. Arcane: secret, mysterious, understood by few people. Identify examples of the Gothic in this extract from Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, highlight them, then copy them into the boxes above.