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Which of the elements of Gothic Fiction does the following passage from Irving's "The Devil and Tom Walker" contain?
from Paragraph 4: "It was full of pits and quagmires, partly covered with weeds and mosses, where the green surface often betrayed the traveler into a gulf of black, smothering mud;"
A. Element 8 - Words designed to evoke images of gloom and doom
B. Element 7 - Damsels in distress
C. Element 9 - The death of a man or woman in the throes of some great passion

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1- Settings that often include large, drafty old houses that have "been in the family for years"
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7- Damsels in distress are frequent (sometimes to be rescued; sometimes not to be rescued)
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A. Element 8 - Words designed to evoke Images of gloom and doom.
B. Element 9 - The death of a man or woman in the throes of some great passion.
C Element 3 - A ghostly legend, an unexplainable occurrence.
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Paragraph 69 : In fact, the story has resolved itself into proverb, and is the origin of that popular saying, so prevalent throughout New England, of "The devil and Tom Walker."
 
A. Element 1 - Settings that often include large, drafty old houses.
B. Element 3- A ghostly legend, unexplainable occurrence, or story about a horrible death or murder.
C. Element 8 - Words designed to evoke images of qloom and doom.
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1- Settings that often include large, drafty old houses that have "been in the family for years"
2- An atmosphere of mystery and suspense that is enhanced by a plot containing secrets
3- A ghostly legend, an unexplainable occurrence, or a story about a horrible death or murder
4- Omens, foreshadowing, and dreams (bad dreams about something bad that is going to happen) play a role in the mysterious air of the. story,
5- Highly charged emotional states like: terror, the brink of insanity, anger, impending doom, and obsessive love
6- Supernatural events: ghosts, unexplained sounds, etc.
7- Damsels in distress are frequent (sometimes to be rescued; sometimes not to be rescued)
8- Words designed to evoke images of gloom and doom. (The good gothic writer can make you) picture the scary scene he is trying to create in your mind.)
9- The death of a man or woman in the throes of some great passion, the obsessive nature of a man or woman in love, or excessive grief one feels upon the loss of a loved one
 
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A. Element 2
B. Element 7
C. Element 4

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