Short Horror Story Essay

Ray Bradbury was a famous American author. His writings are mostly affiliated with the genres such as: fantasy, science fiction, horror, and mystery-fiction. Till this day, he is known for his amazing works of literature. Mr. Bradbury was one of those rare individuals whose public work greatly influenced people. He was known for his influences in the art world not only in the area of literature, but also theatre and music. Bradbury was born on August 22, 1920 in the small town of Waukegan,…

John Buchan’s short story “The Watcher by the Threshold” is an example of 19th-century literature dominated by realism with expressions of everyday life, events, and relationships. In the story, the narrator recounts his visit to his beloved cousin Sibyl, and her husband, who is experiencing some form of sickness and appears to be possessed or haunted by a ghost. Rarely is an author able to thrill and scare the reader with just words alone. By using specific literary techniques such as vivid…

Faulkner’s short story “A Rose for Emily,” he builds up terror and suspense to the end where he then reveals that the protagonist, Emily, poisoned her lover and had been sleeping and cuddling his corpse for more than forty years. What Faulkner has illustrated here is called necrophilia, which is the erotic attraction to corpses. This here is an example of the gothic genre, which is a combination of horror and romance. In the story, the narrator does not take any sides and just tells the…

passes away and he is looking to find out more about his – delusional – grandfather’s life during World War II. In the gothic short stories “The Black Cat” by Edgar A. Poe; “Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner; and “Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment” by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the writers wrote these stories during the nineteenth century to escape the hectic life they had. In these stories they fascinatingly used the gothic elements: death, psychological…

Child labour is a major influence in the Andy Kissane’s short story, Good Rubbish. His piece challenges notions of working children in developing and industrialised countries, noting the harsh conditions in which children face in the twenty-first century. Jennifer Mills’s short story, Architecture, tells the story of a young, passionate architect that has an endless struggle of extended deadlines, and a sense of endless work. Both these short stories have thought-provoking differentiations, as…

Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” and the film Bella tell very different stories, yet they both create a moving storyline for their audiences. “The Lottery” presents an entertaining story with a jolting twist while Bella reveals life-changing situations. Extensively elaborating on the literary elements setting, point of view, and symbolism both the short story and the film convey profound details that enhance the overall meaning of the story being told. The settings in “The Lottery” and Bella…

An accomplished writer of short stories, poetry, plays, essays, autobiographies, editor, and children's book author, he is most known for his poetry. Hughes is often seen as the primary African-American poet of the twentieth century because of his ability to capture the Harlem Renaissance and the period of the blues in his writings. His poems “Too Blue,” “Ballad of the Landlord,” and “The Weary Blues” show his style of rhyming, making them almost song-like. His style of using rhythms and…

Carried”, by Tim O’Brien is based on multiple short stories all referring to his time during the Vietnam War. The author wanted the reader to perceive his memories from the war and to feel all the emotions that was associated with the word “war”. He described it as: death, love, mystery, adventure, terror, pity, despair, discovery, and longing; All of which I felt and detected while reading the authors short stories. The author also goes on about his stories and makes you consider the question,…

His stories mark him as one of the originators of both horror and detective fiction and today many anthologies credit him as the “architect” of the modern short story. “Annabel Lee” is a romantic love story, first-person narrated from the perspective of Annabel Lee´s lover. The characters of the poem include Annabel Lee and the narrator who fell in love…

INTRODUCTION The aim of this essay is to give an explicit overview of the gothic elements in the short story “The Fall of the House of Usher”. The main point of interest concerns the haunted house which is a typical feature of gothic literature. At the beginning the readers is introduced to the story through a summary. This will be followed by a general explanation of the gothic genre and its typical features. Furthermore the outer appearance of the mansion and the thereby upcoming unpleasant…