Gothic Literature - Alisha

2. A solemn declaration intended to summon a supernatural power to cause harm or punishment to someone or something
5. One who shows great courage
6. Believed to foretell the future, often signifying the advent of change
9. a character whose evil actions or motives are important to the plot.
10. a burial ground that is away from the church
11. events or things that cannot be explained by nature or science are ________
13. An unpleasant feeling triggered by the perception of danger, real or imagined.
16. the practice of magic, especially black magic; the use of spells.
17. gothic writing conveys many ______
19. supernatural figures tend to enter the lives of the characters and impinge upon and disturb the order of the natural world
20. religious or spiritual practice of evicting demons and jinns

1. synonym for ‘supernatural’
3. a desire for vengeance or retribution
4. a creature that drinks blood of the living by biting their necks with long pointed canine teeth.
7. a frightening or unpleasant dream.
8. a person who changes for periods of time into a wolf, typically when there is a full moon.
12. the most evil spirit
14. to cause to worry or be troubled
15. genre of a love story especially in the form of a novel
18. Where the nature of an event, usually a murder or other crime, remains mysterious until the end of the story