In southern gothic and gothic literature, the characters can be described as misunderstood or strange, settings are unusual, and the storylines are eye-opening. Gothic literature is haunting, ironic, dark, and distressful, southern gothic adds grotesque and surreal factors. Irony and emotional distress are different, in fact far from it, but it can be ironic in the ways emotional distress is inflicted or caused. Racism and dark settings are two abstract elements that cannot be commonly tied together and are frequently contrasted. In “A Good Man is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’Connor and “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allen Poe, there is prevalence of gothic literature like irony and emotional distress, but they contrast in illustrating racism in one and dark settings in the other.
…show more content…
As the family discusses what would happen in the event they ran into the Misfit, the grandma asks her grandkids ‘“Yes and what would you do if this fellow, The Misfit, caught you?” the grandmother asked.” I’d smack his face,” John Wesley said”’ (O’Connor). John Wesley when faced with the Misfit, did not smack him, illustrating irony, making the short story more interesting because it made it obvious in the beginning, but they had no idea they would eventually face him. While there is irony in “A Good Man is Hard to Find” there are also many examples in “The Cask of Amontillado”, making the stories more interesting. As Fortunato and Montresor walk deeper into the vaults, they discuss, ‘“Thank you, my friend. I drink to the dead who die sleeping around us.” “And I, Fortunato- I drink to your long life”’ (Poe). As these two discuss the dead, it is ironic that Fortunato undenounced that he would later join the dead soon, making Fortunato’s obliviousness in the story thicken the
As the family discusses what would happen in the event they ran into the Misfit, the grandma asks her grandkids ‘“Yes and what would you do if this fellow, The Misfit, caught you?” the grandmother asked.” I’d smack his face,” John Wesley said”’ (O’Connor). John Wesley when faced with the Misfit, did not smack him, illustrating irony, making the short story more interesting because it made it obvious in the beginning, but they had no idea they would eventually face him. While there is irony in “A Good Man is Hard to Find” there are also many examples in “The Cask of Amontillado”, making the stories more interesting. As Fortunato and Montresor walk deeper into the vaults, they discuss, ‘“Thank you, my friend. I drink to the dead who die sleeping around us.” “And I, Fortunato- I drink to your long life”’ (Poe). As these two discuss the dead, it is ironic that Fortunato undenounced that he would later join the dead soon, making Fortunato’s obliviousness in the story thicken the