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18 Cards in this Set
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Describe a Setting in a Castle |
This action takes place in a castle, mansion, or any house real. |
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Describe An Atmoaphere of Mystery and Suspense |
A fear enhanced by the unknown, often involved around a mystery (murder, disappearance) |
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Describe An Ancient Prophesy |
A legend |
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Describe Omens, Portents, Visions |
A dream, vision or phenomenon (7 years of bad luck if you break a mirror, good luck with a four leaf clover, etc) |
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Describe Supernatural or Inexplicable Events |
Events that are supernatural or inexplicable (ex: ghosts, a frog that speaks, inanimate objects moving, etc) |
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Describe High, Even Overwrought Emotion |
Highly sentimental, anger, emotional, terror.... etc |
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Describe Women in Destress |
Female character; screaming, sobbing, lonely, scared, etc. |
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Describe Women Threatened by a Powerful, Impulsive Male |
Male character that has power (king, father or guardian) to demand a female character to do something (ex: marriage, commit a crime, etc.) |
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Describe the Metonomy of Gloom and Horror |
A metaphor in which something (like rain) is used to stand for something else. (Ex: raining at funerals, the wind howling, etc.) |
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Describe the Romantic Element of Powerful Love |
A powerful love |
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Describe the Romantic Element of Uncertainty of reciprocation |
Not knowing if the live is returned or not |
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Describe the Romantic Element of Unreturned Love |
Unreturned love |
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Describe the Romantic Element of Tension Between True Love and Fathers Control, Dissaproval or Choice |
(Ex: Shrek) |
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Describe the Romantic Element of Lovers Parted |
Lovers seperated (death, moved...) |
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Describe the Romantic Element of Illicit Love or Lust Threatens the Virtuous One |
Woman becomes target of some evil man's desires and schemes |
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Describe the Romantic Element of Rival Lovers or Multiple Suitors |
More than one person vying for affection |
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How many Gothic Elements are there? |
9 |
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How many Romantic Elements are there? |
7 |
