#*giggles quietly to myself while bolding almost all the ones for POTO because that’s what inspired me to create Shi’al*

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GOTHIC LITERATURE TROPES

italic for things that sometimes apply. bold for things that always apply. strike out things never apply. if you wish to keep score, bolded aesthetics count as 1 point, italicized aesthetics count as 0.5 points, and struck out aesthetics count for 0 points.

CARMILLA . . . tightening a corset. moonlit walks. killing for love. cruelty for the sake of love. love is always selfish. romantic tragedy. love to the brink of destruction. nighttime rendezvous. death was the maiden. a very strange agony. claimed by the supernatural. dreaming about your lover. sympathy for the devil. loving someone to death. candlesticks lighting up the palm of your hand. a passion that wearies you. killing the one you love. (12 / 18)

PHANTOM OF THE OPERA . . . a single red rose laid out to be found. sensual voices singing them to sleep. a familiar shadow attending every recital. love waits on the rooftop in the night. two soulmates holding hands. walking down long corridors. retrieving something lost. devoting one’s craft to them. making them your muse. the horror was for love. painted faces on parade. gentle touches in the dark. revealing your darkest secrets. beauty and the beast. writing messages on the mirror. kindness conquers all. letting your lover go. love never dies. (17 / 18)

JANE EYRE . . . loving the escape. an impassioned affair. being consumed by love. meeting your soulmate. lace and silk. thirsting for the perfect romance. marrying for passion. losing yourself in the face of your lover. wedding veils. bouquets of pink roses. maddened by love. finding warmth in the cold. calling out for your love. starting at the bottom. the fire cleanses all. hiding your passion. your love will destroy me. my love will destroy you. (13.5 / 18)

PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY . . . painting a portrait or sketching the face of someone you love. meeting in secret. visions of your lover dying. clutching a lover’s clothes to your chest. love so consuming you kill them. protecting their innocence at all costs. betrayal. appearances can be deceiving. devotion. flowers for the one you love. remembering the name of your first love. jealousy when you see them with someone else. love so consuming you die for it. moral and social hypocrisy. slow descent into corruption. be careful what you wish for. striking a deal with the devil. unreliable narration. (15.5 / 18)

COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO . . . letters to your lover. marrying for love. these bars can’t keep me from you. motivated by love. an avenging angel. scorching jealousy. love reborn. devoted to memory. it was all for you. going your separate ways. commit murder for me. biding your time. an unstoppable hunger. death comes for us all. the strongest love eventually grows apart. taking matters into your own hands. the scales of justice. plotting the ultimate downfall of your rival behind closed doors. (16 / 18)

DRACULA . . . the holiest love. girls love wolves. the blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb. violence is passion. cherry red lips. unrelenting support. getting lost in the woods. coming home to you. walking backwards into hell. even death won’t stop me. we can live forever. love is an open wound. too much love to give. bestowing your favor upon the worthy. a never-ending thirst. beauty even in death. a mercy killing. these violent delights have violent ends. (11 / 18)

FRANKENSTEIN . . . childhood friends to lovers. they were something out of a dream. arranged marriages. learning to love. was it all really worth it? our guilt can know no bounds. vengeance, my love. dismembered body parts. my beating heart in your open palm. your death destroys me. adam and eve. crossing the mountains. an antagonist in mourning. what makes a monster and what makes a man? the loss of innocence. abandoning your dream. the tempest on the horizon. humans are the real monsters. (14 / 18)

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