Gothic Concepts 4.5 / 5 based on 3 ratings ? English LiteratureThe GothicA2/A-levelAQA Created by: SabertoothTigerCreated on: 24-05-14 13:54 The Sublime Sense of awe, astonishment,of being overwhelmed in the face of something much bigger than ourselves. Can be a landscape, power, vastness, emotion... 1 of 11 The Uncanny Strange, eerie or mysterious. Freudian terms link it to what is both foreign of strange. (Unheimlich), e.g. doppelgängers 2 of 11 Taboos Cultural, moral or religious codes - broken 3 of 11 Supernatural/ Preternatural Above nature, mysterious or inexplicable 4 of 11 Oppositions Associated with the Gothic include: sanity/madness, wild/domesticated... 5 of 11 Otherness The 'Other' is associated with anything different from ourselves, therefore perceived in some way as a threat 6 of 11 Obscurity Key element of the experience of the sublime. Includes both physical and mental obscurity - darkness, confusion.... 7 of 11 Revenant Describes the past - "what comes back". Can be sins of the father or fear we thought we had banished. Can include ghosts. 8 of 11 Doppelganger Double, mirror image or alter ego of a character - can be Lady Macbeth and the Witches maybe, or Macbeth and the witches 9 of 11 The liminal Refers to the experience of being on a threshold or boundary, borderline of two states 10 of 11 Abhuman Vestigially human, and possibly in the process of becoming something monstrous 11 of 11
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