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== Public Domain Characters ==
== Public Domain Characters ==
* [[Archangel Gabriel]]
* [[Archangel Gabriel]]
* [[Carmilla (Literature)|Carmilla]]
* [[Carmilla]]
* [[Dracula]]
* [[Dracula]]
* [[Faust]]
* [[Faust]]
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* [[Looks Like Orlok]]
* [[Looks Like Orlok]]
* [[Mad Scientist]]
* [[Mad Scientist]]
* [[Madwoman in The Attic]]
* [[Madwoman in the Attic]]
* [[Nun-Too-Holy]]
* [[Nun-Too-Holy]]
* [[Pirate]]
* [[Pirate]]
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* [[Sexy Priest|Sexy Priests]] and [[Naughty Nun|Naughty Nuns]]
* [[Sexy Priest|Sexy Priests]] and [[Naughty Nun|Naughty Nuns]]
* [[Sinister Minister]]
* [[Sinister Minister]]
* [[Stalker With a Crush]]
* [[Stalker with a Crush]]
* [[Undeathly Pallor]]
* [[Undeathly Pallor]]
* [[Woman Scorned]]
* [[Woman Scorned]]
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* [[Arranged Marriage]]
* [[Arranged Marriage]]
* [[Brain Fever]]
* [[Brain Fever]]
* [[Death By Childbirth]]
* [[Death by Childbirth]]
* [[Gorgeous Period Dress]]
* [[Gorgeous Period Dress]]
* [[High-Class Glass]]
* [[High-Class Glass]]
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== Magic ==
== Magic ==
* [[Alchemy Is Magic]]
* [[Alchemy Is Magic]]
* [[Ars Goetia (Literature)|Ars Goetia]]
* [[Ars Goetia]]
* [[Cold Flames]]
* [[Cold Flames]]
* [[Psychic Powers]]
* [[Psychic Powers]]
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* [[Haunted Castle]]
* [[Haunted Castle]]
* [[Haunted House]]
* [[Haunted House]]
* [[It Was a Dark And Stormy Night]]
* [[It Was a Dark and Stormy Night]]
* [[Mad Scientist Laboratory]]
* [[Mad Scientist Laboratory]]
* [[Old Dark House]]
* [[Old Dark House]]
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** [[In Medias Res]]
** [[In Medias Res]]
** [[Scrapbook Story]]
** [[Scrapbook Story]]
* [[Based On a Dream]]
* [[Based on a Dream]]
* [[Bizarrchitecture]]
* [[Bizarrchitecture]]
* [[Blood Bath]]
* [[Blood Bath]]
* [[Burn the Witch]]
* [[Burn the Witch]]
* [[Chess With Death]]
* [[Chess with Death]]
* [[The Dark Arts]]
* [[The Dark Arts]]
* [[Deal With the Devil]]
* [[Deal with the Devil]]
* [[Demonic Possession]]
* [[Demonic Possession]]
* [[Dramatic Thunder]]
* [[Dramatic Thunder]]

Revision as of 19:08, 8 April 2014

A list of tropes found within the Gothic Horror genre. While you don't need all of them to write a gothic horror novel, the more you have the better. Horror has some things that are universal to all genres of horror but not everything on that page is used in gothic horror.

Other genres that might employ heavy use of these tropes:

Note:Zombies didn't start appearing until the 1920s, but many older creatures were absorbed into the zombie mythos. So use caution when adding zombie examples.

Public Domain Characters

Characterization Tropes/Stock Characters

Cultural Tropes

Fictional Species

Location

Magic

Settings

Plot Elements

Soundtrack/Music

Themes

Time Period

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