Gothic Conventions

Question 1

Nocturnal/night

Answer 1

Events that happen in the dark

Question 2

Ruined, grotesque or grand buildings

Answer 2

Any building which is ruined by time, damage, lack of care.
Ugly buildings full of dark corners, gargoyles or mysterious rooms and spaces.

Question 3

Excess and Extremity

Answer 3

Extreme greed or wealth, over the top behaviour or showing off.

Question 4

The Supernatural / An Ancestral curse

Answer 4

Vampires, monsters, ghosts, ghouls, hauntings, werewolves; generations of family members cursed; ghost or vision

Question 5

Nightmares/insanity
Somnambulism

Answer 5

Terrible dreams; Characters who might be going mad;
Sleep walking

Question 6

Entrapment/ Imprisonment/
Claustrophobia

Answer 6

The feeling of being trapped

Question 7

Sensibility
(the cult of emotion)

Answer 7

Characters wallowing in their own feelings. Exaggerated or heightened emotional states or characters.

Question 8

Pathetic Fallacy

Answer 8

The environment is closely linked human emotions: storms are angry, fog hides secrets, etc…

Question 9

Imagery of decay

Answer 9

Things rotting and breaking down. This might be people, places or objects.

Question 10

Religious / Satanic Ideas

Answer 10

Religious ideas might include heaven/hell, good/evil; representations of the devil or hell