Gothic literature

• Aficionados

  Devoted fans
• Allegory

  A simple story that actually has a secondary meaning
• Allocated

  Distributed
• Antebellum Period

  The time period before the Civil War began
• Apostrophe

  A literary device in which a writer speaks directly to someone who is not present or dead, or speaks to an inanimate object
• Artemis

  The greek goddess of the hunt, of fertility, childbirth, and chastity
• Castigate

  To scold or reprimand
• Cataclysm

  A sudden violent upheaval
• Contagionim Theory

  The idea that diseases were spread through direct contact between people or their bodily fluids
• Epistolary

  A technique of telling a story through a series of letters, journals entries, and telegrams
• Eucharist

  Physical representation of the Body (wafer-like host) and Blood (wine) of Christ
• Jim Crow Era

  A time between 1965 and 1964 when segregation by race was legal
• Mimesis

  An artists interpretation of the world they see or have experienced by imitating-or describing- that world in their work
• Pallid

  Pale skin
• Gothic

  Containing characteristics that are medieval
• Prime hallmarks of the medieval period are darkness, superstition, and chaos.
• In the Middle Ages, Gothic Literature provided an outlet for fears, anxieties, and it was used as a means of exploring the unknown
• The setting in a gothic story is essential to creating the desired atmosphere and enhancing the overall effect of the story.
• doppelgängers are commonly used to show the duality of man.