I am writing a gothic story...?

Question

I have to write a gothic story for my english class. ITs due tomorrow and has to be 3 pages long. IT has to include the gothic literature traits and i have no idea to what to write about? Please any thing may help! By the way if it helps any i am 10th grade

Answer 1

CALIFORNIA GOTHIC
A deserted and isolated mansion [1] on a creek in a Malibu canyon.
A hiker who loves nature and wants to get away from the city.
S/he is getting over the death of her husband [2], and so goes hiking even though the weather is very hot and the wind is in the northeast, a fierce Santa Ana wind.
The path ends and she follows the creek.
A white-haired woman [3] stands in the doorway of the ruined mansion, surrounded by unusual snarling canines.
The hiker, walking along the stream, sprains an ankle.
The white-haired woman, seeing her plight, waves her in. The dogs[?] keep their distance, but watch closely. As soon as he's inside, she feels freezing cold [4] But there's no electricity, let alone AC. The woman doesn't speak. She offers She can't hike back today. The woman gives her a coyote pelt to get warm. Then a thing like a little fat tortilla made from some kind of unfamiliar flour. Maybe acorns, since there are a lot of acorn shells in a pile.
She sleeps on a pile of pine needles, like the woman. She wakes up at night [5], looks around for the woman, and goes outside. It is hot and windy. There is a large white dog/coyote [6], surrounded by the other canines. They howl and run off into the moonlight.
The hiker is afraid and goes inside. A pack of coyotes or coyote/dog hybrids in an isolated area can be dangerous. She doesn't find the woman.
In the morning she wakes to find the woman cooking some meat. Where did the meat come from? Where was she last night? She won't talk.
She offers some mush in a crude homemade bowl. Made from the same stuff as the tortilla things.
The next day the hiker's ankle is better and s/he gets ready to leave. The woman has looks frightened. There is a scent of wood smoke in the air. Must be a wild fire, driven by the Santa Ana wind. The hiker starts down the stream, then sees sparks in the air, s/he feels she must go help the woman. She goes back up the creek and finds the whole pack of canines surrounding the mansion and howling. The white one comes out the door, then they all run downstream. The hiker goes in the house, but the woman is not there. She flees also, as brush is catching fire all around, and the roof is on fire.
She goes downstream, wondering about the woman, the smoke is getting thick and it's hotter even than a Santa Ana day should be.
Suddenly a the white dog appears out of the smoke, across the stream, runs back and forth until the hiker follows it, s/he follows it into a cave. It's freezing cold inside, but she snuggles up with the silent uneasy canines.
A few hours later, they go out. The ground is black but cooling down now. The canines take off upstream and the hiker heads downstream.
When s/he gets back to civilization, nobody knows anything about the woman or the mansion, except some old-timers say the place is haunted.

Answer 2

The Gothic traits are the supernatural, horror, dark houses, etc. The traditional format of a Gothic work is that there is a person or being who commits some sort of a transgression and for that he must be punished - for instance - a vampire who must be killed with a stake through the heart. There is always a transgressor and consequences.

Answer 3

Write a story about Peter the Pervert Priest who likes to Peep on little Pall Bearers who belong to his Parrish. Very Gothic theme, true to form. Make sure you rhyme alot, they liked to rhyme back then incessantly.

Answer 4

Hmm... Use as lots darkish imagery as available. Make your important characters brooding. i'm imparting you with homework. flow watch Sweeney Todd. this could nicely be a depressing action picture, all perfect. it is so darkish because of fact of assessment. Torture your charachters. lead them to forget approximately their own morals of their blinding love/selfishness/greed/choose. to function extra desirable darkness, have somebody by danger kill their terrific chum.