Theme : Setting Flashcards

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Settings in Dracula and what themes they identify

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Transylvania - isolation, the unknown, the supernatural

Dracula’s castle - entrapment, decay, clash between ancient and modern

Whitby - transition between familiar and unfamiliar, the supernatural invading the mundane

London - modernity versus antiquity, corruption of civilization, spread of evil

Asylum - vulnerability within the familiar, intersection of science and superstition, madness

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Settings in TBC and what themes they identify

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Isolated castles (EG Marquis castle, LotHoL castle) - isolation, danger, and entrapment, typical of Gothic literature

Forests (EG the company of wolves, wolf Alice, TEK) - the unknown, danger, transformation, and wild aspects of human nature

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“Vast…”

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“…ruined castle”

Dracula’s castle

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“Jagged line…”

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“…against the moonlight sky”

Dracula’s castle

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“The doors…”

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“…were all locked”

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“The castle is a…”

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“…veritable prison, and i am prisoner”

Harker, Dracula’s castle

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“Reared high above…”

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“… a waste of desolation”

Dracula’s castle

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“A long…”

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“…a winding corridor”

TBC marquis castle

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9
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“This lovely…”

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“…prison”

TBC marquis castle

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10
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“The faery solitude…”

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“…of this place”

TBC marquis castle

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“The castle was…”

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“…adrift”

TBC marquis castle

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12
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“The castle is mostly…”

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“…given over to ghostly occupants”

LOTHOL castle

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“Sits all alone in…”

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“…her dark, high house”

LOTHOL castle

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“A cracked…”

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“…mirror suspended from a wall”

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15
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“The woods…”

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“…enclose”

TEK

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16
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“The woods swallow…”

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“…you up”

TEK

17
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“The subtle…”

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“…labyrinth”

TEK

18
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“The forest closed up on her…”

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“…like a pair of jaws”

TCOW forest