In gothic literature, there are many different gothic elements that are used to enhance stories: as well as make them more interesting; without the use of these gothic elements, Riggs, Poe, and Irving’s stories would most certainly not be as entrancing as they are now. In both Miss Peregrines Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs, and “Masque of Red Death” by Edgar Allen Poe, entrapment is a common gothic element that the two stories share. “To encounter people who fear and mis-understand them? And there are other dangers as well. It’s best to stay here”(Riggs 213). In Miss peregrines Home for Peculiar Children, the characters in the story experience entrapment in the sense that they are “trapped” in this time loop. The children are supposed
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“I withdrew my arm from her grasp and buried the axe in her brain”(Poe 4). The narrator got so angry throughout the story with no real motive and his wife was seemingly oblivious to the whole thing; towards the middle of the story she sees her husband about to kill an innocent cat, therefore she does what any sane person would do and tries to stop the man from killing it, which ultimately leads to her painful death. In Miss Peregrines Home for Peculiar Children, the only examples of external pain are caused by the monsters and supernatural beings that are trying to attack the children. “Millard was kneeling in the water, dazed, blood running down his torso”(Riggs 316). While both of the quotes are examples of internal pain, internal pain also plays a crucial role in both stories. The narrator in “Black Cat” has so much internal pain and guilt from the incident with the first cat that instead of trying to deal with it; he just inflicts more violence on others to mask the internal pain that he is feeling. Whereas in Miss Peregrines Home for Peculiar Children Emma is very hesitant to accept Jake because he is the grandson of the first and only love she has ever known, Emma experiences quite a bit of paranoia also, by mistaking Jacob as a monster. As well as the internal pain and guilt that Jake faces caused by the loss of his …show more content…
“The black man whisked him like a child into the saddle, gave the horse the lash, and he galloped with Tom on his back in the midst of a thunderstorm”(Irving 332). Tom Walker made a deal with the devil: which is obviously going to end very grotesquely. Throughout the whole story it was not a matter of if the devil was going to harm Tom, it was a matter of when. So Irving built up plenty of tension and made Tom an oblivious character to where he could have been killed at any second in the story just like his wife. In Miss Peregrines Home for Peculiar Children The monsters that ended up being real were always present even from the beginning of the story, even though Abe’s family though he was just having extreme paranoia. Violence could be inflicted on any of the characters throughout the whole story. “ His undershirt was soaked with blood, his pants were torn, and one shoe was missing”(Riggs 35). This was the first sign of violence in the book. Jacobs grandfather Abe had warned Jacob of the monsters, which he later ended up facing with his new found friends. Abe knew the monsters were unrelenting and would stop at nothing to attempt and destroy the peculiar children. Even before he came to the island violence could have most certainly been present, but because of the obliviousness of Jacob
“I withdrew my arm from her grasp and buried the axe in her brain”(Poe 4). The narrator got so angry throughout the story with no real motive and his wife was seemingly oblivious to the whole thing; towards the middle of the story she sees her husband about to kill an innocent cat, therefore she does what any sane person would do and tries to stop the man from killing it, which ultimately leads to her painful death. In Miss Peregrines Home for Peculiar Children, the only examples of external pain are caused by the monsters and supernatural beings that are trying to attack the children. “Millard was kneeling in the water, dazed, blood running down his torso”(Riggs 316). While both of the quotes are examples of internal pain, internal pain also plays a crucial role in both stories. The narrator in “Black Cat” has so much internal pain and guilt from the incident with the first cat that instead of trying to deal with it; he just inflicts more violence on others to mask the internal pain that he is feeling. Whereas in Miss Peregrines Home for Peculiar Children Emma is very hesitant to accept Jake because he is the grandson of the first and only love she has ever known, Emma experiences quite a bit of paranoia also, by mistaking Jacob as a monster. As well as the internal pain and guilt that Jake faces caused by the loss of his …show more content…
“The black man whisked him like a child into the saddle, gave the horse the lash, and he galloped with Tom on his back in the midst of a thunderstorm”(Irving 332). Tom Walker made a deal with the devil: which is obviously going to end very grotesquely. Throughout the whole story it was not a matter of if the devil was going to harm Tom, it was a matter of when. So Irving built up plenty of tension and made Tom an oblivious character to where he could have been killed at any second in the story just like his wife. In Miss Peregrines Home for Peculiar Children The monsters that ended up being real were always present even from the beginning of the story, even though Abe’s family though he was just having extreme paranoia. Violence could be inflicted on any of the characters throughout the whole story. “ His undershirt was soaked with blood, his pants were torn, and one shoe was missing”(Riggs 35). This was the first sign of violence in the book. Jacobs grandfather Abe had warned Jacob of the monsters, which he later ended up facing with his new found friends. Abe knew the monsters were unrelenting and would stop at nothing to attempt and destroy the peculiar children. Even before he came to the island violence could have most certainly been present, but because of the obliviousness of Jacob