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: Define the "outsider" archetype and introduce the narrator's predicament. State your thesis (e.g., that the narrator's physical monstrosity is a metaphor for psychological and social isolation).

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: Analyze the gothic atmosphere of the castle. Contrast the "shadow-world" with the vibrant, social world of the partygoers that the narrator eventually finds. : Define the "outsider" archetype and introduce the