Southern Gothic

The protagonists in the books Touching Spirit Bear and Devil's Arithmetic have a lot of difficulties in the books. In these books they both have similarities and differences, but they have mostly differences because in Touching Spirit Bear has a boy named Cole that is trying not to go to jail. The Devil's Arithmetic has a girl named Hannah that is trying not to go to the seder, than later is trying not to die in the Holocaust. While Cole and Hannah have similarities and differences, they both…

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…

Isolation: The Gothic Implications and Enhancement of Character Perception Isolation plays a major part in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol. The theme of isolation is very important to understand the individual characters and the pain that they suffer from in each of the novels. Although each novel has unique implications of isolation in their individual plots, there can also be seen a clear connection between the two. The connection between the novels can be…

In the short story, “Three Skeleton Key” written by George G. Toudouze the character Le Gleo can be described as delusional. This character trait eventually gets him sent to an asylum at the end of the story. In the beginning of the story, it states, “Watching her sailing dead for us, a white wave boiling under her bows, Le Gleo cried out: ‘What’s wrong with her crew? Are they all drunk or insane? Can’t they see us?’” (pg. 51) To explain, this quote illustrates Le Gleo as delusional because…

Alan Wake's American Nightmare follows the adventures of Alan Wake as he attempts to chase down and thwart the schemes of his mysterious double by rewriting reality. As interesting as this may sound, the premise is ultimately let down by shallow combat and uninspired environments. In a story which seems so incredibly bizarre at first glance, it is a shame that the game which surrounds it is so average. Alan Wake's American Nightmare markets itself as a third person horror game, but fails to…

There is a devil on everyone’s shoulder whispering in their ear, telling them to do something they might regret. Some people listen to the devil and engage in the acts he tells them to do. Others have great self control to hold them back from engaging in those acts. Whether the action committed be as simple as lying to parent or as serious as committing murder, everyone has done something bad, everyone has a Jekyll and a Hyde side to them. I know at many points in my life my Hyde side has tried…

the story and gothic literature are expressed in its horrid murders, extreme mental states, and hidden-passage settings centering around the events of the narrator's brutal murder of his wife. In creating his Gothic, Poe uses these techniques, and moreover, manipulates the themes in the story in multiple ways to ultimately demonstrate a unique brand of gothic literature. The wife’s gruesome murder is the story’s most central event and portrays a strong element of the classic gothics of Poe. The…

because this structure is a part of the neighborhood panorama, the beauty of the structure promotes a sense of the purity and sacredness of relationship we are designed to have with God. The original Byzantine-Romanesque design was changed to a French Gothic design after the large central dome made of Guastavino tile was completed in 1909. The stone-on-stone construction, using modern…

Do you think a person has two sides? If a person hides the side they feel ashamed of will it come back to haunt that person?In society there are many people who have different sides to themselves in my opinion. For example,when a student goes with one group to another they have different personalities because they can change personalities that quick. Well,in the novel,Strange Case of Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde a mad scientist makes a potion or drug that is impure where he then drinks it and it turns…

Black Plague essay by chance leathers I am a simple man from London during the late 1300s. I was walking the streets of London at around midnight, during mid winter. Not many people were out in the streets, many stayed in their homes sleeping and keeping warm, but tonight I was restless, the night seemed different. Somewhere deep inside I felt something, but I continued walking down the street. Then I saw a shadow of what looked like a man, I couldn't help but cautiously stare at him as I…