tag #genre-gothic-fiction #characters #the-picture-of-dorian-gray links Gothic Literature
Gothic Characters
Protagonist (antihero)
- hidden secrets
- isolated or alone
- emotional unease and tension
- high social status
- psychological conflict and inner termoil
- suffer a tragic flaw that leads to their downfall.
- They do things that the reader knows to be wrong or morally dubious.
- It creates ambiguity in whethere the character is good or evil.
Females
- either the predator
- attractive, powerful, portrays the pleasure/pain paradox.
- or helpless woman
- fragile, vulnerable, frightened, suffering from illness, to be rescued as the prize.
Creepy Aristocrat
- rich, old and isolated.
- Mysterious, evil and dangerous A supernatural, evil figure An innocent victim
- usually a young girl, who may be protected by her innocence.