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Since I consider the Collective Obsessions Saga in the realm of gothic fiction, I was interested in the article's points.  \nAccording to Harris, gothic novel elements include:  \n􀂙 Setting in a castle.  \n􀂙 An atmosphere of mystery and suspense.  \n􀂙 An ancient prophecy connected with the castle or its inhabitants.  \n􀂙 Omens, portents, visions.  \n􀂙 Supernatural or otherwise inexplicable events.  \n􀂙 High, even overwrought emotion.  \n􀂙 Women in distress.  \n􀂙 Women threatened by a powerful, impulsive, tyrannical male.  \n􀂙 The metonymy of gloom and horror.  \n􀂙 The vocabulary of the gothic.  \nNone of the eight books in the Collective Obsessions Saga are set in a castle, but rather a large mansion by the sea. The atmosphere is most definitely mysterious and suspenseful at times. As for \"ancient prophecy\" being connected to the structure or its inhabitants, there isan element of divine fate playing itself out through several generations totaling more than 140 years.  \nThe other points are covered as well: The Collective Obsessions Saga has omens with touches of the supernatural, along with emotional drama (mental illness, murder, suicide, obsession), and women in distress. While most females in the storyline come across as rather assertive, a few of them are indeed threatened by unbalanced males at one time or another.  \nThe \"gloom and horror\" ambiance is present, although neither dominates any one book in the saga.  \nAlthough I've only included terms that apply to the Collective Obsessions Saga, Harris defines \"vocabulary of the gothic\" as the following:  \n􀂙 Mystery (diabolical, enchantment, ghost, haunted, omens, ominous, portent, secret, spectre, spirits) .  \n􀂙 Fear, terror & sorrow (anguish, apprehensions, commiseration, concern, despair, dismay, dread, frantic, grief, hopeless, lamentable, melancholy, miserable, mournfully, panic, sadly, shrieks, sorrow, sympathy, tears, terror, unhappy, wretched) .  \n􀂙 Surprise (alarm, amazement, astonished, shocking, staring, thunderstruck, wonder) .  \n􀂙 Haste (anxious, frantic, impetuous, sudden) .  \n􀂙 Anger (enraged, furious, incensed, provoked, raving, resentment, temper, wrath).  \n􀂙 Largeness (enormous, massive, tremendous, vast) .  \nIn addition, elements of romance are considered part of the gothic genre. These are: powerful love, uncertainty of reciprocation, unreturned love, tension, lovers parted, illicit love and rival love. The only point that might not apply to my saga is \"uncertainty of reciprocation.\"  \nEven the most obsessive character in the saga (Mike Sullivan, who appears in The Twain Shall Meet) never has doubt that the object of his desire will return his affections. He is actually quite certain she will be his in the end, even when all odds are stacked against him (re: incarceration in a sanitarium).  \nGothic tales and the writing thereof may not be to the taste of everyone, but the genre continues to fascinate me.  \nIt's one of the reasons I chose to use the pseudonym Deidre Dalton for the Collective Obsessions Saga. I want to keep the eight-part series detached from my work as Deborah O'Toole because my other books do not contain gothic elements. Mind Sweeper has a touch of Gothicism, but stories like Celtic Remnants have nothing in common with the genre.  \nWhatever the case, Elements of the Gothic Novel is a good read for those with an interest in the style.  \nORIGINAL SOURCE:  \nElements of the Gothic Novel by Robert Harris  \n[https://www.virtualsalt.com/gothic.htm](https://www.virtualsalt.com/gothic.htm)  \nVersion Date: October 19, 2020  \nPrevious versions: November 16, 2018; August 18, 2018; November 22, 2017; June 15, 2015  \nElements of the Gothic Novel by Robert Harris  \nThe Gothic novel was invented almost single-handedly by Horace Walpole, whose The Castle of Otranto (1764) contains essentially all the elem","cbCail1U1onfVLyc","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCail1U1onfVLyc","pdf",571171,11,"English","# Gothic elements overview\n## Setting and atmosphere\n## Prophecy, omens, and supernatural events\n## Emotion, gender roles, and romance tensions\n## Vocabulary of the gothic","[{\"question\":\"What are the main setting and atmosphere features of a Gothic novel?\",\"answer\":\"The setting is typically a castle or old mansion (or related ruins), often with secret passages or hidden spaces. 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