Gothic Literature

3. the person or thing responsible for specified trouble, harm, or damage.
4. an intense feeling of fear, shock, or disgust.
6. Gothic author and short story author
11. (of a manifestation or event) attributed to some force beyond scientific understanding or the laws of nature.
12. a widely held but unjustified belief in supernatural causation leading to certain consequences of an action or event, or a practice based on such a belief.
13. A person’s spirit that is trapped on earth.
14. behavior involving physical force intended to hurt, damage, or kill someone or something.
15. Evil, misfortune, or harm that comes as a response to or retribution for deeds or misdeeds committed against or by one's ancestor(s).

1. An abnormal dread of being confined in a close or narrow space. Often attributed to actual physical imprisonment or entrapment, claustrophobia can also figure more generally as an indicator of the victim's sense of helplessness
2. sullen and ill-tempered.
5. giving the impression that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen; threatening
7. Dopplegänger comes from German; literally translated, it means “doublegoer.” A dopplegänger is often the ghostly counterpart of a living person. It can also mean a double, alter ego, or even another person who has the same name.
8. A favorite horror device of the Gothic finds a person confined or trapped, such as being shackled to a floor or hidden away in some dark cell or cloister.
9. the action of inflicting hurt or harm on someone for an injury or wrong suffered at their hands
10. a person who is admired or idealized for courage, outstanding achievements, or noble qualities.