Setting, #2

So. Where to set my novel. It's an important (perhaps defining) question for every adaptation.

Here is what I need from my setting:

• An element of secrecy and seclusion -- someplace the outside world does not really see. This is essential because Resa (yeah, Agnes is now Resa, I think) is imprisoned for a period of time without anyone finding her or intervening.
• Some travel into the outside world -- this is how "Ambrosio" (still undecided on "Osbourne") finds and falls in love with Lily. And it's significant that he pulls her into the secret place.
• Some communication with the outside world -- this is how Resa is caught.
  
• Enforced chastity -- sexual promiscuity, or sex of any kind, has to have serious negative consequences. Chastity has to be an important moral value.
• Some kind of religion -- yes, I've thought about this, but I really think religion is an important aspect of the story. In a way, Lewis's whole point is that religion places unreasonable demands on people, which then makes them spin out of control. It doesn't have to be a conventional religion, and it's not going to be Catholicism. But it has to be some sort of religion nonetheless.
• Some form of higher justice -- puts "Ambrosio" in jail at the end of the novel.
  

Looking over the basic plot synopsis I posted yesterday, I think those are the most important elements -- what have to be in place in order for the plot to make sense.

I'm going to think about those for a little while and post my ideas later on.