GOTIC NOVELS

Horace Walpole is the inventor of the G.N. The castle of Ortano is the first G.N, published in 1764. Thhe events should be in a old castl. The castle is better if contains secret passage. If is possible invent an ancient prophecy, it creates an atmosphere of mystery and suspense. If appears a character who has visions the mistery is more powerfull. It also can be a inexplicable or supernatural  event. High emotions helps to make horror. Women in distress, a women wich don't have protection manage to create fer.Women threatened by a powerful, impulsive, and abvusive male, and the metonymy of gloom and horror.