1. What is Gothic Literature?

2. Gothic literature includes a vast amount of dark and ghastly aspects.

3. Its important role is to exemplify humanity’s deepest, darkest fears and otherwise unspeakable evils – both in the real world and in one’s imagination.

4. Gothic Settings
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5. Haunted House

6. Gothic Settings

7. Castles (especially medieval)

8. Darkness

9. Remote, decaying Monasteries

10. Winding Staircase

11. Graveyards

12. Secret Passages or Sliding Panels

13. Torture Chambers

14. Gothic Stock Characters
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15. Tyrants

16. Villains

17. Maniacs & Mad Women

18. “mad, bad & dangerous to know”
Byronic Hero
“mad, bad & dangerous to know”

19. Persecuted Maiden

20. Femme fatale

21. Magicians, Vampires, Werewolves, Monsters, Demons & the Devil

22. Ghosts

23. Animated Skeletons

24. Priests & Monks

25. Cats, Bats & Wolves

26. Gothic Characters Overcome by anger, sorrow, and terror
Suffer from raw nerves and a feeling of impending doom
Breathlessness & panic are common

27. Gothic Atmosphere Mystery Suspense Threatening feeling
Fear enhanced by the unknown
Melancholy
Dread
Apprehensive
Oppressive atmosphere of doom

28. Gothic Subjects
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29. Secrets Hereditary Curses Incest

30. Inanimate objects moving

31. Death

32. Sleep

33. Live Burial

34. Twins or Doubles

35. Secret & undecipherable writings

36. Murder

37. Moonlight

38. Blood

39. Gothic Themes No one escapes death (Death is inevitable)
Guilt and shame and the effects of them