GOTHIC TECHNIQUES Flashcards
1
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OPPOSITIONS
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- e.g sanity / madness
2
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OTHERNESS -
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- anything different from ourselves
3
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OBSCURITY -
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- cannot recognise / things not seen or understood clearly
4
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THE REVENANT -
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- the past reappearing
5
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THE DOPPELGANGER -
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- another version of yourself
6
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THE LIMINAL -
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- on a threshold or a boundary
7
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ABHUMAN -
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- vestigially human and possibly in the process of becoming something monstrous
8
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TERROR -
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- fear generated through what is uncertain / obscure
9
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HORROR -
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- fear generated by a physical shock actually seen or experienced
10
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SUBLIME -
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- overwhelmed in the face or something bigger
11
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THE UNCANNY -
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- strange / eerie / mysterious
12
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TABOOS -
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- rules which are put under pressure or violated
13
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SUPERNATURAL -
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- above nature
