吸血鬼也有套路...哥特小说的七宗罪到底是什么？ / 开普饭

Speaking of Gothic Novels, what are the images popping inside your head? Vampires? Frankenstein? Haunted house?

一说到哥特小说，你脑海中出现的形象是? 吸血鬼？科学怪人？鬼屋？

It seems that Gothic Novels are full of these elements. Or is it related to Halloween? HAHAHA!

好像具有这些元素就是哥特小说了。或者和万圣节有点关系？HAHAHA！

Why do so many people love Gothic Novels or Movies despite the fact that they are creepy? Many people enjoy peeping through their fingers the scary scenes while eating popcorn.

为什么哥特小说或电影明明很恐怖，好多人还是喜欢一边吃着爆米花，一边蒙着眼睛偷看呢?

Why are Gothic Novels or Movies so compelling? Let Echo count the seven “sins” of them.

那就让Echo老师为大家细数哥特小说的7宗罪，看看让你们欲罢不能的原因是什么。

Setting

Gothic architecture plays an important role, so the stories are often set in a castle or large manor, which is typically abandoned. Other settings may include caves or the wilderness.

首先哥特建筑起到很重要的作用，所以故事经常设定在被废弃的城堡或者大庄园里，其他的场景还包括洞穴或野外。

Atmosphere

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In the Gothic novel, the atmosphere will be one of mystery, suspense（n.悬疑）, and fear, the mood of which is only enhanced by elements of the unknown or unexplained.

在哥特小说中，一些未知的或者无法解释的元素会增加神秘，悬疑，和恐惧气氛。

Paranormal（a.超自然的）

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Oftentimes Gothic fiction will contain elements of the supernatural or paranormal, such as ghosts and vampires.

哥特小说经常包括超自然的元素，比如鬼魂或吸血鬼。

In some instances, these supernatural features are later explained in perfectly natural terms, but in other works, they remain completely inexplicable.

有时候，这些超自然元素会在后来的情节中解释清楚；但是有时候他们一直就是无法被解释。

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▲Dracula (1897) by Bram Stoker

▲The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux

Melodrama

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The narration may be highly sentimental, and the characters are often overcome by anger, sorrow, surprise, fear, and especially, terror. Crying, emotional speeches and panic are frequent.

作者在叙述的时候情绪会非常饱满，人物也经常被愤怒，悲伤，惊喜，敬畏和恐惧所困扰。像哭喊，情绪饱满的说话方式和痛苦都是十分常见的。

Virginal maiden in distress

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The female characters often face events that leave them fainting, terrified, screaming, and/or sobbing.

哥特小说中的女性角色总会遇到让他们晕倒、惊恐、尖叫或啜泣的场景。

A lonely, pensive, and oppressed heroine is often the central figure of the novel, so her sufferings are even more pronounced and the focus of attention.

一个孤独的、忧愁和被压迫的女主人公通常都是小说中的中心人物，所以这类角色的遭遇会更让人觉得印象深刻，并且成为注意力的焦点。

▲The Hunchback of Notre-Dame

(1831) by Victor Hugo

Women threatened by a powerful, impulsive, tyrannical（adj.残暴的）male

One or more male characters has the power, as king, lord of the manor, father, or guardian, to demand that one or more of the female characters do something intolerable.

在哥特小说中，一个或多个人物角色都是拥有权力的，要么是国王，要么是庄园主，要么是父亲或者是女性角色的守护者。他们会要求女性角色做一些她们无法忍受的事情。

The woman may be commanded to marry someone she does not love (it may even be the powerful male himself), or commit a crime.

女主人公有可能会要被强迫嫁给她不爱的人或去犯罪（这个她不爱的人可能就是这个有权力的男性角色自己）。