Gothic fiction

The one of the causes of the feeling in “The Tell-Tale Heart” would have to be the guy whole had a vulture like pale blue eye that did not really insult anybody. And one of the things that caused different feelings in “Monkey Paws” would have to be when a few guys were walking and started to think about the stuff going on around them. The monkey paws is a story about A few guys going through many different things in same part of life. These people are Mr. White and his son and other people doing…

Edgar Allan Poe is one of the best known authors for his dark personality and severe lack of jocundity, which he expressed through his works. However, there is reason behind his madness for which he showed. Edgar Allan Poe lived a sad life, with many people close to him dying, he expressed his sadness with his various works until his mysterious death. Edgar Allan Poe’s life began on January 19, 1809 in Boston, Massachusetts. He was birthed by Elizabeth Arnold and fathered by David Poe, who both…

In the late nineteenth century, the newly independent country of America was developing a unique literary identity; it was during this time period that dark romanticism thrived. A prime example of this type of writing can be found in Edgar Allan Poe’s The Pit and the Pendulum. In one of Poe’s most frightening tales, the narrator, who has been sent to death by the Spanish Inquisition, narrowly escapes his demise multiple times. Through its exploitation of themes such as the negative side of human…

This case centers around a conversation between Dr. Wolfe and one of his patients, Hal Crane. The two men are talking about Crane’s urges and thoughts about killing people, additionally, Dr. Wolfe seems to believe that Crane is a paranoid schizophrenic. There are many justifiable motives to have Crane committed against his will. For example, during the conversation everything Crane was saying seemed premeditated meaning he has been entertaining the idea of murdering somebody for a while. A…

¨The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown¨, said H.P. Lovecraft. The Demon Lover is an ambiguous story that could be interpreted in several ways. It takes place during August after the tragic events of .World War II, in the city of London. Now...the question is: Is it a ghost story or as a psychological story? In my case, my stand point belongs to a ghost story, were her fiancé is a supernatural being who is waiting for…

Most acknowledge the poem to be written in memory of Poe’s wife, Virginia Clemm. The work returns to Poe’s frequent theme: the loss of beauty in the death of young women. One important factor of this poem is the Gothic setting. Poe opens the poem with “It was many and many a year ago, / In a kingdom by the sea,” (“Annabel” 1-2). The kingdom is a lonely but mysterious location, and Poe adds to this by describing an image of Annabel Lee’s tomb at the end of the poem…

In the Gothic genre, authors write about the taboo. This includes the topic about a woman’s place in society. In Gothic novels, women are characterized by either shameless harlotry or trembling innocence. This description makes sense as seen in Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen. These definitions are played with by Stephen King in the novel Carrie where he uses these definitions and then seems to suggest that no one iscompletely set in one specific characteristic. In Northanger Abbey, the reader…

The Depiction of Sinister Mankind Religion has always brought man great prosperity, or great agony. An example to support such a statement are vampires; vampires balance out the metaphorical scale as they eliminate those who are unfaithful or fall into the temptation of sin but are weak to religious objects. In Bram Stoker’s Dracula, mankind’s sin is symbolized by one entity, the vampire.…

Tracing nature as a Romantic feature in Frankenstein Nature works as a restorative factor for both Frankenstein and the monster. We see throughout the novel how nature allows them to have a free uncontrolled emotional experience. Nature was their source of inspiration. They had reverence for nature. It made them feel that their souls are elevated. It gave them the opportunity to be renewed spiritually whenever they wanted to escape from the hardships of life. Nature helped those…

“The Cask of Amontillado” and “A Rose for Emily” both relate to each other by telling the story of one who commits a terrible act upon another individual. In “The Cask of Amontillado”, two characters are the focus of the story. Montresor decides to murder Fortunato. He does this by simply having Fortunato intoxicated and bringing him down to the catacombs where Montresor chains Fortunato to a large stone and slowly walls him in. Fortunato is sick and dying, the damp underground cave only…