Setting in TBC

Setting in TBC

1. Carter

   • Varied
     • Light
       • "absolute darkness" TBC
       • "luminous" TBC
       • "full pale light" TBC
       • "borrowed light" TCML
         • "as if the snow possessed a light of its own"
     • Warmth
       • "domestic lamplight that promised warmth" TBC
         • "singularly impersonal' TBC
     • Ghostly
       • "mysterious, amphibious place" TBC
       • "unearthly" TCML
     • White
       • "spilled bolt of bridal satin" TCML
         • "white muslin" TBC
       • "ivory with an inlay of silver" TCML
       • "white winter" TCML
     • Supernatural
       • "faery solitude" TBC
         • "elegant French fairy tales" TCML
       • "dreaming library" TBC
       • "the door of a cloakroom opened on its own" TCML
   • Historic
     • "with its turrets... its spiked gate" TBC
     • "a doomed, ominous bier of Renaissance workmanship" TBC
       • "final, emphatic, ominous" TCML
     • "marvellous castle" TBC
     • "a winding corridor"

2. Traditional Gothic

   • Heavy emphasis on...
     • Darkness
     • Gloominess
     • Disrepair
     • Castles
     • Female vs. male roles