English: Gothic

The other

A supernatural figure whose presence distributes the civilised, world and embodies society's deepest most hidden fears

Unsettling settings

Isolated locations that create a sense of claustrophobia,decay and fear.

Key Locations and Atmospheric features creating unsettling settings

Graveyards

Abbeys

Manors

Castles

Darkness

Silence

Bad weather

Tyrannical father figure

A powerful,male authority figure (often a father,uncle or count) who is controlling,cruel or domineering

Absent mother

The lack of a mother figure can also be the lack of a caring, nurturing, personality trait

Anti/byronic hero

A charismatic yet flawed protagonist who is often moody, isolated and rebellious against society's rules

Omens and curses

Warnings of doom and punishment for the past

Secrets

Hidden sins of the past that physically or metaphorically haunt the present , often revealed through found manuscripts or skeletons in the closet

Dopplegangers

A double/look alike of an individual this can be a physical “lookalike” often portrayed as an evil version of the individual,a guilty conscience as if the guilt takes on a physical form to haunt the individual or an internal battle in which the good vs evil conscience of a person