Gothic fiction by esther johansen https://padlet.com/esther1234/u1rw4trswcod Lavet med en smag for eventyr en-us 2017-08-22 08:32:01 UTC 2017-08-22 08:58:21 UTC hello@padlet.com Gothic horror esther1234 https://padlet.com/esther1234/u1rw4trswcod/wish/182033630 2017-08-22 08:34:14 UTC https://padlet.com/esther1234/u1rw4trswcod/wish/182033630 Edgar Allan Poe esther1234 https://padlet.com/esther1234/u1rw4trswcod/wish/182033713 - The black cat]]> 2017-08-22 08:34:51 UTC https://padlet.com/esther1234/u1rw4trswcod/wish/182033713 Stephen King esther1234 https://padlet.com/esther1234/u1rw4trswcod/wish/182034024 - Quitters Inc.
- The bogeyman
- The Shining (movie)]]> 2017-08-22 08:37:06 UTC https://padlet.com/esther1234/u1rw4trswcod/wish/182034024 Writers and written works esther1234 https://padlet.com/esther1234/u1rw4trswcod/wish/182034094 2017-08-22 08:37:39 UTC https://padlet.com/esther1234/u1rw4trswcod/wish/182034094 Lovecraft esther1234 https://padlet.com/esther1234/u1rw4trswcod/wish/182034390 - The nightmare lake]]> 2017-08-22 08:40:08 UTC https://padlet.com/esther1234/u1rw4trswcod/wish/182034390 Bram Stroker esther1234 https://padlet.com/esther1234/u1rw4trswcod/wish/182034424 - Dracula]]> 2017-08-22 08:40:28 UTC https://padlet.com/esther1234/u1rw4trswcod/wish/182034424 Robert Louis Stevenson esther1234 https://padlet.com/esther1234/u1rw4trswcod/wish/182034468 - Doctor Jekyll and Mr. Hyde]]> 2017-08-22 08:40:48 UTC https://padlet.com/esther1234/u1rw4trswcod/wish/182034468 Gothic characteristics esther1234 https://padlet.com/esther1234/u1rw4trswcod/wish/182034648 2017-08-22 08:42:12 UTC https://padlet.com/esther1234/u1rw4trswcod/wish/182034648 The settings esther1234 https://padlet.com/esther1234/u1rw4trswcod/wish/182034736 - Medieval buildings (castles etc.)
- The Victorian Era
- Gloomy weather]]> 2017-08-22 08:42:46 UTC https://padlet.com/esther1234/u1rw4trswcod/wish/182034736 Gothic Conventions mariaarevad https://padlet.com/esther1234/u1rw4trswcod/wish/182034793 Murder | Death | Suicide | Ghosts | Demons
Gloomy settings | 
Family secrets | Dungeons | Curses | Torture I Vampires | Spirits | Castles | Tombs | Terror 

Aaand a few more: 
•Damsel in distress (frequently faints in horror)
•Secret corridors, passageways, or rooms
•Ancestral curses
•Ruined castles with graveyards nearby
•Priests and monks
•Sleep, dream, death-like states
]]> 2017-08-22 08:43:15 UTC https://padlet.com/esther1234/u1rw4trswcod/wish/182034793 The use of metonymy mariaarevad https://padlet.com/esther1234/u1rw4trswcod/wish/182035092 A subtype of metaphor. 
Ex. rain stands for sorrow

More examples:
 wind, especially howling | sighs, moans, howls, eerie sounds
|rain, especially blowing | clanking chains
| doors grating on rusty hinges | gusts of wind blowing out lights
|footsteps approaching | doors suddenly slamming shut
|lights in abandoned rooms | crazed laughter
|characters trapped in a room | baying of distant dogs or wolves
|ruins of buildings  | thunder and lightning]]> 2017-08-22 08:45:36 UTC https://padlet.com/esther1234/u1rw4trswcod/wish/182035092 Characters mariaarevad https://padlet.com/esther1234/u1rw4trswcod/wish/182035412 The protagonist (usually isolated) 

The villain (personification of evil) 

The wanderer (wanders the world in external isolation)

The damsel/maiden (pure, innocent victim of circumstances)]]> 2017-08-22 08:48:06 UTC https://padlet.com/esther1234/u1rw4trswcod/wish/182035412 The three kinds of horror idanoerskov https://padlet.com/esther1234/u1rw4trswcod/wish/182035702 - terror – doesn’t show what is happening behind the closed door. Leaves it up to the imagination of the reader.
- horror – shows us the monster, but doesn’t go to extremes.
- the gross-out – goes all the way, shows us all the gross details of death and mutilation (lemlæstelse).
]]> 2017-08-22 08:50:19 UTC https://padlet.com/esther1234/u1rw4trswcod/wish/182035702 Plot elements mariaarevad https://padlet.com/esther1234/u1rw4trswcod/wish/182035901 •Darkness
•Ascent
•Descent
•The pursued maiden and the threat/abuse/rape/abduction.
•Physical decay, skulls, cemeteries, and other images of death; ghosts; revenge; family curse; blood and gore; torture. 
•The Double/Doppelganger
•Taboos: black magic; madness; incest and other broken sexual taboos. 
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