Gothic Literature

Elements of Gothic Literature
- Elements of horror combined with romance
- darkness in contrast to light
- grotesque (twisted)
- Insanity
- supernatural events
- lesson
- may take place in Gothic architecture

Vocabulary:
Mariner n.– navigator of a ship
Harrowing adj. – extremely distressing
Perseverance n. - steady persistence
Allusion n.- reference in a written work to something from history or another work of literature.
Commiserate adj. – to express sympathy
Discern v. to detect; to perceive
Omen n. - sign of future good or evil
Irrevocably adv. - In a way impossible to change