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Gothic Fiction
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- 1Gothic Fiction
- 2Vocabulary: Word & DefinitionWord: Frivolous.
Definition: Not having any serious purpose or value. - 3Word: The Sublime. Definition: Something of very great excellence or beauty.Word: Eerie.
Definition: Something that is strange and frightening. - 4Word: Sinister. Definition: Giving the impression that something harmful is happening/going to happen.Word: Foreshadowing.
Definition: A warning or indication of a future event. - 5Word: Monstrous. Definition: Having the ugly (or frightening) appearance of a monster.Word: Supernatural.
Definition: Events/things that cannot be explained by nature or science. - 6Word: Tyrannical. Definition: Excersising power in a cruel or arbitrary way.Terminology:
Word, Definition & Example. - 7Word: Simile. Definition: A figure of speech that compares two different things. Example: As playful as a kitten.Word: Metaphor.
Definition: A figure of speech that compares two things that aren't alike but have something in common.
Example: The curtain of night fell upon us. - 8Word: Pathetic Fallacy. Definition: When an author gives human emotians/traits to nature or inanimate objects. Example: The glowing moon smiled at us.Word: Onomatopoeia.
Definition: When a word describes and mimics the sound of the object.
Examples: SMASH! The window had suddenly shattered to pieces. - 9Examples or Gothic Fiction Novels:1.The Castle Of Otronto,
2.Wuthering Heights,
3. Dracula,
4.Frankenstein,
5.Rebecca. - 10Freytag's Pyramid:1. Exposition
Background of the plot - the characters and setting. - 112. Initial Incident The first conflict that occurs in the plot.3. Rising Action
More major events that add suspensiom or tension to the plot - which leads to the climax. - 124. Climax The most suspensful part of the plot. The turning point for the protagonist.5. Falling Action
Some events that unravel the conflict between the protagonist and the antagonist - which leads to the resolution. - 136. Resolution The conflict is resolved and we can find out if the protagonist has achieved their goals or not.7. denouement
The "Tying up of loose ends." - 14Gothic Conventions: Settings, Characters & features/Themes.Settings:
Gloomy ,
Decaying,
Creepy,
Haunted Houses,
Trap Doors,
Secret Passages. - 15Characters: Supernatural beings/monsters, Damsels in distress, Victims, Protagonist, Antagonist.Feature/Themes:
Death,
Decay,
Haunted Homes/Castles,
Family Curses,
Madness,
Powerful Romance. - 16Extra Vocabulary:Evil:
cruel,ominous, unearthly, menacing, weird,
frightening, unnerving, unsettling, spooky,
repugnant, discomforting, repellent. - 17Scared: terrified, alarmed, anxious, concerned, frightened, horrified, nervous, petrified.Key Context:
Gothic is death, mortality and dark.
Horror is just trying to scare you. - 18Made By: Gracie Stokes 8En/NMU Mrs Munro LS5B
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