Southern Gothic

In conclusion, uncanny sides of London are visible in both novels. Both Levy and Stoker connect the uncanny to the "other." In Dracula, the uncanny "other" is represented by vampires whereas Levy's "others" are immigrants. Additionally, both novels are connected to the empire: Stoker writes during the Victorian period and is visibly influenced by the imperial mind-set; Levy writes in a post-imperial context as her text depicts an empire that is falling apart. The two novels depict the "other"…

Injuries are revenged; crimes are avenged”. The above quote suggests that revenge is not always a pitiful act to regain pride. Revenge may be used to express one's sense of justice through raw yet pure actions driven by emotion. In Mary Shelley’s gothic novel Frankenstein, literary elements such as characterization and conflict are used in attempt to portray the theme, revenge and how it affects one’s sense of morality throughout the course of life. To start, characterization is used in…

In the passage “The Santa Ana,” Joan Didion expressed the strangeness of Los Angeles during the supernatural breeze. Los Angeles’s uneasy tensions during these winds has had an effect on the author’s approach to describing the occurrence. Didion used a vast asset of literary techniques within this excerpt — such as her use of tone, imagery, and syntax. Initially, Didion begins to loosely develop a description of the mutual feel during that particular night. The hot winds would advance among the…

In only a matter of seconds one man's actions had severely changed another man's life for the worst. What was supposed to be a week of hunting magnificent Bighorn, swiftly changed into days of being hunted for Ben. Going from a state of relaxation in the silent desert to being startled by the enormous sound of a gun being fired was all that it took. Who was to blame for this you ask? A cold hearted man named Madec. In this novel, Deathwatch, a series of events lead me to believe that of the…

Nature plays an important role in many romantic novels, acting as the bringer of life while also being an agent of death on many occasions. In Mary Shelley’s horrific novel, Frankenstein, nature serves as a docile yet powerful backdrop for the story, constantly reflecting the emotions of the characters, while also guiding them to their ruin. A key force of nature that appears as both good and bad throughout the novel is lightning. Lighting serves as a beautiful but powerful force that aids the…

Shelley uses tone, imagery, and theme to help tell the story and and show a purpose to the passage. The tone is conveyed as cold and dreary, to portray the setting to the reader. The theme in this passage is exhibited specifically to Victor’s monster. And finally, the imagery is communicated greatly through this passage by describing the setting around Victor. In the book Frankenstein the author, Mary Shelley, uses a lot of imagery to help the reader understand what is happening and have the…

Have you ever wanted to be able to read about the freak show? The title of this book is Freaks: Alive on the Inside. Annette Curtis Klause wrote this book to display different themes and conflicts. There is a few different genres involved in this book. There is romance, fantasy, and adventure. This book was also published in 2006. Freaks is a well thought out book that allows readers to explore a very creative mind of a write. Annette Curtis Klause has written other books as well. She is an…

In Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood, Dick Hickock and Perry Smith, are portrayed as polar opposites. Dick is found cold and ruthless by the reader whereas Perry is found kind and intelligent. The reader views their personalities as contrasting. Ostensibly, Capote portrayed the protagonists in such contrasting ways in order to persuade the reader that only one man could have delivered the fatal bullets that would end the lives of the Clutter family. Capote’s writing displays the monstrous…

1. Banquo: “A heavy summons lies like lead upon me,/And yet I would not sleep” (2.1.8-9). 2. I’m exhausted but I cannot sleep. Context: A day after Banquo and Macbeth encounter the witches and about to go to bed, Banquo is uneasy as he talks with his son. 3. This is the first time sleep appears in act two, so there are no comparisons, but it is important that the act starts with unease and insomnia, for in this act such conditions are prevalent, as is it moves murder and treachery. 1.…

In the hands of one less skilled, the novel “The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat” may have well been little more than a book of records, a compilation of strange neurological tribulation; when written in this way, it removes all of the humanity from something that is essential to what makes it. Oliver Sacks, a professor of clinical neurology, sees the method where others see madness, and even goes as far as to argue that neurological disorder is not the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde of the human…