The Gothic Elements by Ella Iles https://padlet.com/eiles/68qdkjt247wp Made with evil en-us 2017-05-09 17:21:01 UTC 2023-04-05 07:23:40 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Pumpkin.png Bibliography eiles https://padlet.com/eiles/68qdkjt247wp/wish/170833381 Deesse, Belle. "Dark Gothic Gif ID: 22735." Gif Abyss. Gifabyss.com, 14 Jan. 2017. Web. 24 May 2017.

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]]> 2017-05-09 17:26:49 UTC https://padlet.com/eiles/68qdkjt247wp/wish/170833381 2. Music and Gothic Noises eiles https://padlet.com/eiles/68qdkjt247wp/wish/170834336 The gothic genre is associated with damp depressing weather such as rain and thunder
#pathetic fallacy]]> 2017-05-09 17:29:41 UTC https://padlet.com/eiles/68qdkjt247wp/wish/170834336 4.Death eiles https://padlet.com/eiles/68qdkjt247wp/wish/170835127 The gothic genre is usually associated with the devil, and also Hades or Pluto the god of death]]> 2017-05-09 17:32:40 UTC https://padlet.com/eiles/68qdkjt247wp/wish/170835127 1. Setting eiles https://padlet.com/eiles/68qdkjt247wp/wish/170842344 Castles and old establishments are other things associated with the gothic genre.]]> 2017-05-09 17:53:59 UTC https://padlet.com/eiles/68qdkjt247wp/wish/170842344 2. Music and Gothic Noises eiles https://padlet.com/eiles/68qdkjt247wp/wish/170843741 very often dark tribal music is associated with the gothic genre. Also certain instruments and sounds are associated with the gothic genre such as organs and big choirs.]]> 2017-05-09 17:58:15 UTC https://padlet.com/eiles/68qdkjt247wp/wish/170843741 5. Animals of the Gothic Genre eiles https://padlet.com/eiles/68qdkjt247wp/wish/170844761 there are certain animals that are thought to be "animals of the devil" who play a big part in the gothic genre. These animals would often bring bad news and sometimes seen as omens
ex. black cat's, ravens, wolves]]> 2017-05-09 18:01:38 UTC https://padlet.com/eiles/68qdkjt247wp/wish/170844761 3. Atmosphere of Mystery eiles https://padlet.com/eiles/68qdkjt247wp/wish/172871686 The fear of the unknown is a very important and creepy part of the gothic genre. For instance in Edgar Allan Poe's poem "The Raven" the raven is coonstantly saying "nevermore" and the fact that the reader doesn't know why makes it all the more creepy and gothic]]> 2017-05-19 18:42:52 UTC https://padlet.com/eiles/68qdkjt247wp/wish/172871686 6. Prophecies and visions eiles https://padlet.com/eiles/68qdkjt247wp/wish/172873899 Nostradamus is not known for his cheery prophecies. Most interpreters of the 16th century physician, astrologer and prophet say he accurately predicted two world wars, the rise of two antichrists-Napoleon and Hitler-and even the assassination of John. F. Kennedy.

Nostradamus predicted world war 3 in this creepy prophecy:
From brick to marble, the walls will be converted,
Seven and fifty peaceful years:
Joy to mankind, the aqueduct renewed,
Health, abundant fruits, joy and honey-making times.
- Quatrain 10:89]]> 2017-05-19 18:56:51 UTC https://padlet.com/eiles/68qdkjt247wp/wish/172873899 7. Supernatural Events and Creatures eiles https://padlet.com/eiles/68qdkjt247wp/wish/172875590 creatures and events that are scary and would not usually happen are a big part of the gothic genre. 

ex. Frankenstein, insanely big storms, Dracula and bigfoot]]> 2017-05-19 19:08:34 UTC https://padlet.com/eiles/68qdkjt247wp/wish/172875590 8. Women in Distress eiles https://padlet.com/eiles/68qdkjt247wp/wish/172876706 Women in distress is a very present theme in the gothic genre. When a women is in distress it usually means something is going very wrong and the women is usually captured by the monster or evil force, and cannot escape by herself]]> 2017-05-19 19:15:56 UTC https://padlet.com/eiles/68qdkjt247wp/wish/172876706 9. Gothic vocabulary eiles https://padlet.com/eiles/68qdkjt247wp/wish/172878011 There is a very disinct gothic vocabulary. Usually they are very dark words.

 "My heart was fashioned to be susceptible of love and sympathy, and when wrenched by misery to vice and hatred, it did not endure the violence of the change without torture such as you cannot even imagine." ~ Chapter 24 Mary Shelley]]> 2017-05-19 19:25:41 UTC https://padlet.com/eiles/68qdkjt247wp/wish/172878011 1. Setting eiles https://padlet.com/eiles/68qdkjt247wp/wish/172879301 And the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain
Thrilled me—filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before;
So that now, to still the beating of my heart, I stood repeating
"'T is some visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door,
Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door:
This it is and nothing more." ~ pg. 1 Edgar Allan Poe]]> 2017-05-19 19:37:54 UTC https://padlet.com/eiles/68qdkjt247wp/wish/172879301 4. death eiles https://padlet.com/eiles/68qdkjt247wp/wish/173868906 Confront a corpse at least once. The absolute absence of life is the most disturbing and challenging confrontation you will ever have. 
- David Bowie]]> 2017-05-25 17:13:22 UTC https://padlet.com/eiles/68qdkjt247wp/wish/173868906 2. Music and Gothic Noises eiles https://padlet.com/eiles/68qdkjt247wp/wish/173870678 music is an extremely powerful thing and the clip below really highlights that. in this scene from the shining there is thrilling music that almost sounds like violins shrieking and it gives you that chill and that edge that makes the scene all the more exciting.

“Ah, music," he said, wiping his eyes. "A magic beyond all we do here!”
-JK Rowling Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone]]> 2017-05-25 17:22:00 UTC https://padlet.com/eiles/68qdkjt247wp/wish/173870678 3. Atmosphere of Mystery eiles https://padlet.com/eiles/68qdkjt247wp/wish/173873246 The following quote really highlights how not knowing something can make it all the much more creepy. For instance in this quote you have no clue what the creation will be or what it will look like and that makes you a little bit scared of what could happen.

sometimes I became alarmed at the wreck I perceived that I had become; the energy of my purpose alone sustained me; my labours would soon end, and I believed that exercise and amusement would then drive away incipient disease; and I promised myself both of these when my creation should be complete. - Mary Shelley, pg. 57 Frankenstein]]> 2017-05-25 17:35:11 UTC https://padlet.com/eiles/68qdkjt247wp/wish/173873246 5. Gothic Animals eiles https://padlet.com/eiles/68qdkjt247wp/wish/173875502 This quote from the raven represents animals of the gothic genre very well. The raven that enters the main characters house enters in the middle of the night. Ravens are also sometimes thought to be omens. The Raven also perched itself on the bust of pallas who is the greek god of battle craft and war which is also very gothic

Open here I flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter,
In there stepped a stately Raven of the saintly days of yore.
Not the least obeisance made he; not a minute stopped or stayed he;
But, with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber door,
Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door:
Perched, and sat, and nothing more. -Edgar Allan Poe, pg. 2 The Raven

Another example of ravens and crows being used in the gothic genre is The Eye of The Crow by Shane Peacock where the birds are used as a warning and also a bad omen]]> 2017-05-25 17:46:01 UTC https://padlet.com/eiles/68qdkjt247wp/wish/173875502 7. Supernatural Creatures and Events eiles https://padlet.com/eiles/68qdkjt247wp/wish/173879381 Since in this quote the monster is so deformed and not normal it becomes very creepy. Since the reader has no idea what the monster is or where it has come from the mystery and supernaturalness of the situation makes it terrifying. Because it is not normal people view it as weird and scary

A flash of lightning illuminated the object and discovered its shape plainly to me; its giant stature and the deformity of its aspect, more hideous than belongs to a humanity, instantly informed me that it was the wretch. -Mary Shelley, pg. 79 Frankenstein]]> 2017-05-25 18:06:10 UTC https://padlet.com/eiles/68qdkjt247wp/wish/173879381 2. Vocabulary of the Gothic eiles https://padlet.com/eiles/68qdkjt247wp/wish/173985746 And could not such words from her whom I fondly prized before every other gift of fortune suffice to chase away the fiend that lurked in my heart? Even as she spoke I drew near to her, as if in terror, lest at that very moment the destroyer had been near to rob me of her. -Mary Shelley, pg. 98 Frankenstein]]> 2017-05-26 13:32:46 UTC https://padlet.com/eiles/68qdkjt247wp/wish/173985746 1. Setting eiles https://padlet.com/eiles/68qdkjt247wp/wish/174057365 Damp, cold, hard, old, black, night, rain, clouds, lightning and thunder are some of the things that could make a setting gothic. In the following quote from Noughts and Crosses Sephy Hadley describes the floor as hard and cement which gives it a cold feel. This is an element of the gothic genre as it depicts a cold depressing feel to the cell that Sephy is in, and that gives it a gothic feel.

I ignored him and carried on rubbing my stomach waiting for the sound of the door closing. It didn't come. Callum's footsteps echoed across the hard cement floor.
-Malorie Blackman, pg. 368 Noughts and Crosses]]> 2017-05-26 23:22:12 UTC https://padlet.com/eiles/68qdkjt247wp/wish/174057365 8. Woman in Distress eiles https://padlet.com/eiles/68qdkjt247wp/wish/174058270 In the quote that follows Elizabeth and Victor Frankenstein are visiting Justine who has been convicted of murder. Victor Frankenstein Witnessed the monster kill William and is convinced that Justine is innocent. Justine is a woman in distress and will be hanged if she is guilty. She is in need of male help(Victor) because the jury will not listen to her because she is female. #1792

"Rise my poor girl," said Elizabeth; "why do you kneel, if you are innocent? I am not one of your enemies; I believed you guiltless, notwithstanding every evidence until I heard that you had yourself declared your guilt. That report, you say, is false; and be assured, dear Justine, that nothing can shake my confidence in you for a moment, but your own confession." -Mary Shelley, pg. 90-91 Frankenstein]]> 2017-05-26 23:59:46 UTC https://padlet.com/eiles/68qdkjt247wp/wish/174058270