Ligeia

himself as a poet, who created a unique technique that he achieved through his writings, which he claims separates him from all the other famous writers in his line of work during his era. We see his personalized technique through his work such as “Ligeia” and many other short stories he has written throughout his life. He mixed in a fantasy based on reality including his signature gothic style that leaves us in confusion to which whether or not the whole story was simply a drug induced…

The clock strikes six and the sun begins to settle behind the valley. Darkness creeps upon my lonely home. I am no longer safe. Night-time once again serves to be ever so nerve wracking for me, never knowing what lurks among the unenlightened distance. Living out isolated in the middle of nowhere makes things even more stressful, especially not having a safe, warm, or secure place to stay. Most nights I lie awake, hidden beneath the covers of my bed. I constantly attempt to block out the…

We Die at Dawn: Interior Droning Writing for Interiors Journal on the subject of interior design in Expressionist film, Architectural Designer, Mehruss Jon Ahi states, “These films focus on a reality that has been invaded and plagued by the irrational and cynical thoughts of its characters, and consequently, the sets in these films resemble their distress.” (Ahi, IntJournal.com) No other Expressionist film represents this stated distress better than Robert Weine’s 1920 classic, The Cabinet of…

124’s melancholy emotional atmosphere continues throughout the novel and various characters who visit the house experience it. After being brought to 124, Beloved immediately mentions, “This place is heavy” (Morrison 65). The use of heavy could contain a doubling meaning because Beloved comes from an alternate spirit would, so she is likely referring to both earth as a whole and 124’s depressive environment. Paul D. also notes 124’s environment during his first visit to the house where he steps…

Another important aspect of the setting is the labyrinthine, claustrophobic and exotic space into which the plot is set. Since Walpole's `Castle of Otrano' (1764) the Gothic castle is one of the key features of the Gothic novel. The Gothic castle is a labyrinthine and claustrophobic place which evokes feelings of "fear, awe, entrapment and helplessness" (Raskauskien 50). Characteristic of the Gothic castle are mazy, over- and undergrounded corridors, creaking doors, shuttered windows, trapdoors…

In the early-modernist novella, Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton, a series of themes are displayed, one of such being that of intolerance. In the contemporary vernacular, the definition of intolerance is regularly associated with discrimination or prejudice. Ethan Frome, the namesake of the novella, has been facing a serious dilemma for over a year, whilst his wife, Zeena Frome is slowly dying of illness and his true love, Mattie Silver, is on the verge of leaving him forever. These three…

In “A Poison Tree” by William Blake and “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe have the same concept in the matter of characters and conflicts. In the poem by Blake, the speaker of the poem is angry with its “Foe” but the foe doesn’t know of the feelings of the speaker. In the short story by Poe the main character Montresor was furious with Fortunato, the other main character, for reasons that Fortunato is not aware of and same with the reader. The poem and short story are similar because…

Tim Burton’s essay In a cold, dark mysterious mansion at the top of the creepy mountain held a very mysterious creature it had long, sharp pointy cold hands that could cut through nearly anything, with fortune comes to curse, every time this creature would touch himself he would leave a nasty cut. There was also good, he could carve ice, bushes and a lot more. He was different from most not the fact he had blades for hands, but the imagination, it had, Tim Burton used dark low-key lighting to…

Stephanie Williams Fall of the House of Usher ENG 102-82 July 05, 2017 The Fall of the House of Usher Elements Essay The Fall of the House of Usher is a short story written by Edgar Allen Poe in 1839. It tells a tale of Roderick Usher and his sister Madeline, the mental and physical illnesses they battle, eventually leading to their deaths. Roderick Usher suffers from a mental state that separates him from sanity, and Lady Madeline, is thought to be dead, or buried alive. The main theme of this…

Symbolism in “Trifles” Susan Glaspell’s play “Trifles” is set in the early 1900’s. Throughout the course of the story, the main setting is in the kitchen. This would not sound so bad if we were not informed of other characteristics of the house. The kitchen and the house is described as gloomy and the overall sense of the house is just depressing. The first stage directions describe it as, “The kitchen in the now abandoned farmhouse of John Wright, a gloomy kitchen” (Glaspell, 772), and It is…