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Which Gothic convention is demonstrated in the following passage from Bram Stoker's Dracula? 5 May - I must have been asleep, for certainly if I had been fully awake I must have noticed the approach to such a remarkable place. In the gloom the courtyard looked of considerable size, and as several dark ways led from it under great round arches it perhaps seemed bigger than it really is I have not yet been able to see it by daylight. __ inhuman characters eerie structures ancient prophecies demonic possession
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The Gothic convention demonstrated in the passage from Bram Stoker's Dracula is "eerie structures." The description of the gloomy courtyard with its considerable size, dark ways, and great round arches contributes to the eerie atmosphere commonly associated with Gothic literature.