Lingering Traditions
Traditional element regarding coincidental or circumstantial paranormal occurrences (e.g. the wind blowing Isabella’s candle out or bursts of thunder.)
What is supernatural gadgetry?
Agnes’s torture embodies a Protestant view of this Catholic system.
What is the Inquisition?
Distressed heroine in The Monk who is a victim of an ancestral curse.
Who is Antonia?
Burton’s pursued protagonist whose mere existence relies on the marvelous; a manipulation of the Frankenstein motif.
Who is Edward Scissorhands?
John, Paul, George, and Ringo
Who are the Beatles?
Traditional element usually depicted as cause of dread (e.g. Walton surrounded by ice)
What is entrapment (imprisonment)?
A male predatory spirit (e.g. Betelgeuse’s lecherous nature).
What is an incubus?
Symbolizes conquered childish innocence in Frankenstein.
Who is William (Frankenstein)?
Sleepy Hollow character who depicts the positive aspects of witchcraft.
Who is Katrina (Van Tassel)?
Mick, Keith, Charlie, and Ronnie.
Who are (The Rolling) Stones?
Traditional convention that strives to give a sense of realism to the unbelievable (e.g. Walpole’s 1st Preface).
What is gothic counterfeit?
Enhancing element which allows a character to act out repressed feelings (e.g. Lucy in Whitby).
What is somnambulism?
Freudian psychoanalysis of Victor Frankenstein would establisher her as the root cause for his obsession with cheating death.
Who is (Caroline) Beaufort?
“The ghost with the most” who depicts the dangers of the unbridled supernatural.
Who is Betelgeuse?
Robert, Jimmy, John Paul, and John.
Who is Led Zeppelin?
Means of rationalizing fear by giving as reason for the terror (e.g. ghostly figures are merely hallucinations caused by drugs).
What is the explained supernatural ?
Dracula uses this enrichment convention not only to obscure visibility of his movements but also as a means of transformation.
What is mist/fog?
A victim of Frankenstein’s inaction and an imperfect legal system (i.e. anti-Englightenment).
Who is (Justine) Moritz?
Corpse Bride character whose predicament is similar to Don Raymond’s.
Who is Victor (Van Dort)?
Roger, David, Nick, and Rick.
Who is Pink Floyd?
Traditional term influenced by Elizabethan and Jacobean drama; the main impetus for a revenant and for Montressor’s treatment of Fortunato.
What is revenge?
Van Helsing uses this enrichment convention on Mina Harker in order to “tap into” Dracula’s movements; Dracula uses it to summon Lucy.
What is hypnotism (mesmerism)?
Provides the comic relief at the beginning of The Monk by featuring an ugly “damsel” in distress.
Who is Leonella?
Beetlejuice character who embodies Dark Romanticism, creative expression through art, and the marvelous.
Who is Delia (Deetz)?
Roger, Pete, John, and Keith.
Who are The Who?