2.What was the first Gothic Novel? The first Gothic Novel was The castle of Otranto from Horace Walpole.
3.When was it first published? The first publication of The castle of Otranto was in 1764.
4.Which basic elements of horror didn't you include in your list?
- Setting in a castle.
- An atmosphere of mystery and suspense. The atmosphere can be created largely by the music.
- An ancien prophecy is usually, obscure , partial, or confusing.
- Omens (means "présage"), portents, visions.
- High, even overwrought emotion.
- Women in distress is often the central figure of the novel, so her sufferings are even more pronunced and the focus of attention.
- Women threatened by a powerful, impulsive, tyrannical male.
- The metonymy (metaphor) of gloom (depreció) and horror
- The vocabulary of the gothic:
Mystery
| diabolical, enchantment, ghost, goblins, haunted, infernal, magic, magician, miracle, necromancer, omens, ominous, portent, preternatural, prodigy, prophecy, secret, sorcerer, spectre, spirits, strangeness, talisman, vision |
Fear, Terror, or Sorrow
| afflicted, affliction, agony, anguish, apprehensions, apprehensive, commiseration, concern, despair, dismal, dismay, dread, dreaded, dreading, fearing, frantic, fright, frightened, grief, hopeless, horrid, horror, lamentable, melancholy, miserable, mournfully, panic, sadly, scared, shrieks, sorrow, sympathy, tears, terrible, terrified, terror, unhappy, wretched |
Surprise
| alarm, amazement, astonished, astonishment, shocking, staring, surprise, surprised, thunderstruck, wonder |
Haste
| anxious, breathless, flight, frantic, hastened, hastily, impatience, impatient, impatiently, impetuosity, precipitately, running, sudden, suddenly |
Anger
| anger, angrily, choler, enraged, furious, fury, incense, incensed, provoked, rage, raving, resentment, temper, wrath, wrathful, wrathfully |
Largeness
| enormous, gigantic, giant, large, tremendous, vast |
| Darkness | dark, darkness, dismal, shaded, black, night |
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