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Gothic elements in literature

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Gothic elements in literature
  1. Setting in a castle
    1. Atmosphere of mystery and suspense
      1. Ancient prophesy
        1. Omens, portents and visions
          1. Supernatural or inexplicable events
            1. High emotion
              1. Women in distress, threatened by a tyrannical male
                1. Metonymy of horror
                  1. Metonymy is a subtype of metaphor, in which something like rain stands for something like sorrow
                    1. Examples
                      1. Wind, especially howling
                        1. Doors on rusty hinges
                          1. Footsteps approaching
                            1. Lights in abandoned rooms
                              1. Characters trapped in a room
                                1. Ruins of buildings
                                  1. Thunder and lightining
                                    1. Rain, especially blowing
                                      1. Sights, moans, howls, eerie sounds
                                        1. Clanking chains
                                          1. Gusts of wind blowing out lights
                                            1. Doors suddenly slamming shut
                                              1. Baying of distant dogs/wolves
                                                1. Crazed laughter
                                              2. Vocabulary of Gothic
                                                1. Mystery
                                                  1. Fear, terror, or sorrow
                                                    1. Suprise
                                                      1. Haste
                                                        1. Anger
                                                          1. Largeness
                                                            1. Darkness
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