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Unit 1 Terms
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- 1Gothic worldThe fallen world where man lives in alienation and fear and is plagued by an awareness of their wretchedness
- 2MotifsRuined castles, ascent/descent, secret doors, coffins, decay; skulls, revenge, madness, incest, Doppelgangers
- 3Terror vs. HorrorTerror opens the mind to its own hidden powers; awakens the mind
Horror: annihilates, shuts down - 4Why is the Gothic the foil to the Romantic?The Romantic aim to achieve the sublime through sensibility and restraint; the Gothic achieve it through terror
- 5The first Gothic novelThe Castle of Otranto by Horace Wadpole
- 6Satanic Villain-HeroCommits nefarious deeds for which his justifications make him more interesting than the bland hero
- 7PrometheanHero-villain who has done good but only by performing an overreaching/rebellious act
- 8Byronic HeroLater version of the "antithetically mixed" villain-hero; moody, brilliant, cynical, passionate, secretive, aristocratic, suave, handsome, sexually intriguing; nurses a secret wound and is a fatal attraction for females
- 9The Wandering JewBased on a legend where a Jew either ridiculed or refused to allow Jesus to rest on his doorstep on the latter's way to the cross; dark, flashing eyes; deep melancholy-filled look; vast knowledge of faraway countries and events; black band across forehead; slow steps
- 10Gothic architectural structures (4)Spires, flying buttresses, traceries, arches
- 11First Gothic buildingBasilica of Saint Denis in Paris
- 12First Vampire Story and Year of Publication"Wake Not the Dead" (1800)
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