Gothic literature

3. excited anticipation of an approaching climax
5. unprotected against attack; liable to be hurt or damaged
8. the state of being intensely interested
9. a corpse that rises nightly from its grave to drink the blood of theliving
12. something that is pieced together from different elements
13. something that is natural and unnatural, appealing and disturbing
15. the action of going beyond or overstepping some boundary or limit
16. relating to forces or beings that exist outside the natural world:
17. A condition of going or being beyond what is needed, desired, or appropriate:
18. intense and profound fear
19. something that is unseen by the audience, undescribed, or without solid form
21. a style of fiction that emphasizes the grotesque, mysterious, and desolate.

1. a ghostly double of a living person that haunts its living counterpart
2. a person who has assumed the form of a wolf.
4. A dim chamber in a medieval castle
5. the main evil character and antagonist to the hero
6. unable to be both true at the same time
7. cultural, moral or religious rules which are often broken in gothic literature
10. opposites, contrasts
11. something that is missing pieces
14. burial ground, cemetery
20. impressing the mind with a sense of grandeur or power; inspiring awe