Supernatural Horror in Literature

character Beloved is an apparition of the past. Allowing supernatural activity to take over their suppressed memories of slavery once they have finally reached grounds of freedom. Beloved represents magical realism in literature as she forces readers to come to an understanding of what this character even is. Beloved is a difficult character to interpret due to the text creating conflicting representations that portray her as a symbol of the horrors of slavery. Beloved could also be viewed as…

Unlike “MS. Found in a Bottle” in which the narrator dreads the apparent phenomenon of the whirlpool, “The Fall of the House of Usher” shows that fear of death lies in the fear of the intangible and the unknown. Roderick Usher believes that he will die of fear. When he is foreshadowing his death, he says: "the period will sooner or later arrive when I must abandon life and reason together, in some struggle with the grim phantasm, FEAR" (Poe, The Fall 392). Usher tries to explain to the Narrator…

In the Master and Margarita novel, Bulgakov describes how Margarita scrutinized the magical cream that smelled of swamp mud and carefully applied it on her body which suddenly reincarnated her into a young dark hair lady full of energy and freedom. She slipped down her window and flew at night to Woland’s residency with the words, “Invisible and free”. Azazello’s cream transformed thirty-year-old Margarita Nikolaevna into a witch to bring her on the Great Ball at Satan’s (Bulgakov, 228-59).…

Edgar Allan Poe who has been called as “America’s Shakespeare” popularized the American short story, and he attributed to invention of the science fiction, the horror story and the modern detective story. Many people remember Poe by one of his famous poems, “The Raven”. Also, many others have read his popular dim and horrific short stories like “The Tell-tale Heart”, “The Murders In the Rue Morgue”, and “The Black Cat”. Edgar Allan Poe’s short stories are prominent because they are unified and…

Gothic literature originated in the 19th century and was a branch of the larger Romantic Movement. Like the Romantics, Gothic writers embraced the sublime nature and endeavored to evoke deep emotions in their readers. However, their motives were manifested in a fascination with the exotic and eerie human nature and the effects of guilt, evil, isolation and terror on a human being. Authors exploit isolated and grotesque settings, supernatural beings and events, combines romance and horror as well…

disrespecting of tradition, or nonconforming. Gothic writing revolved around wicked, amazing, and sometimes destructive people, objects, or events. Much of Gothic literature was a result of disturbances in the eighteenth century. Mayhem erupted due to major changes in politics, economics, and social norms. Subsequently, Gothic literature valued the past with its ideas of aristocratic strength, passion, barbarity, and magic. The term “Gothic” was originally used to describe architecture, however,…

Conflict and tension are necessary for all well written stories, interesting movies, and even great music. One genre of literature that relies heavily on conflict and tension are horror stories, which are narratives that provoke fear in the audience. Conflict is when there are two or more forces opposing each other. Tension, or the rising action, can be defined as the building of the established conflict until it reaches the climax then resolution. The climax is when the opposing forces resolve…

they would never do .Through many centuries of playwrights and literature we have seen many stories end with tragedies and unfathomable endings. Furthermore, we question why the finale to a good read ended in such away even though we believed that all was looking well for the protagonist. Analyze the characters we see the symptoms of mental illness reside in these characters…

great deal about great literature, history, and literary movements. From Hellfire and brimstone to Vietnam War stories, literature follows the patterns of history and culture. From inspiring our search for ultimate truth and meaning to drawing us into a community, great literature is important and beneficial for every member of the human race to read and study. Great literature is important and necessary, and literature reflects the patterns of history. Firstly, great literature humanizes us…

others from Canada and the Unites States. The book of fifteen tales explores the main supernatural theme with the evocation of ghosts, dead, undead or dying, that haunt the experiences of the characters in each story. In his introduction Munro wrote "every island of the Caribbean is the site of a deep haunting" (vii). The anthology proves this point as throughout the book there is always the presence of a supernatural element. On the same hand, the collection brought together tales of diverse…