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Gothic Vocabulary
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Overwhelming pain and terror that leads to some sort of delight
sublime
horror
grotesque
terror
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A woman who needs saving is coined as a(n)...
unreliable narrator
damsel in distress
superhero
lost cause
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Beyond scientific understanding or the laws of nature: vampires, werewolves, ghosts, demons, etc.
Obscure
Paranormal
Monster
Supernatural
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Not discovered or known about; uncertain
Grotesque
Omen
Uncanny
Obscure
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If you can trust what the speaker of a story has to say, then they are a(n)
omen
unreliable narrator
reliable narrator
damsel in distress
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The moment of experiencing the scary event
uncanny
uncanny
horror
terror
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These words are often used to describe gothic literature
uncanny, obscure, grotesque
reliable, distress, paranormal
uncanny, monstrous, evil
scary, horrifying, terrifying
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Someone telling a story that is mentally unstable, immature, or can't be trusted...
Unreliable Narrator
Damsel in Distress
Omen
Reliable Narrator
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An antihero is different from a normal hero because....
they have evil misfortune
they are not necessarily likeable or overly heroic
they are always a female
they save everyone; too helpful
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What is morality?
the actual world we live every day
being more than human
principles dictating what's right and wrong
principles that allow you to live forever
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In gothic lit, characters and settings are often what?
using their ancestors to curse someone
alienated or isolated
exercising their power in a cruel way
in a crowded dark area
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Elements of gothic lit are
dark weather in a strange moment of joy
ominous atmosphere, characters, and strange happenings
heroes who go through horrifying events to save a damsel in distress
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If something is dramatic with exaggerated characters, events, and emotions, it is...
das unheimliche
dramatic
melodrama
emotional
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Gothic literature was created during the
Victorian period
Romantic period
Englightenment period
Southern period
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Exercising power in a cruel or arbitrary way
evil
curses
supernatural
tyrannical
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Being uncanny means something is
anticipating a fearful event
strange or mysterious in an unsettling way
a distorted creature or image
experiencing overwhelming pain and terror
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The anticipation of an unsettling event is
terror
horror
haunting
tyrannical
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An event regarded as a sign of good or evil...
monster
ancestral curse
omen
paranormal
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Dark Romanticism is...
a branch of romanticism including sin, evil, and/or darkness
a branch of the enlightenment including sin, evil, and/or darkness
a branch of romanticism including grotesque situations and insanity
a branch of darkness in gothic literature
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Describing something as grotesque means...
distorted belief, being, idea, etc.
an ugly monstrous being
something that is gross
an insane character
