Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque

To Kill A Mockingbird- Essay “I think I’m beginning to understand why Boo Radley’s stayed shut up in the house all this time… it’s because he wants to stay inside”(Lee 304). A younger Jem could not even fathom why someone would choose to stay inside. But Jem has now seen the ugly racism of Maycomb and is starting to understand the world around him. To show this transition from child to adult Harper Lee uses many literary elements. In the book To Kill A Mockingbird, Lee uses characterization,…

The non-fiction story, “The Cask of Amontillado”, by Edgar Allan Poe, the narrator, Montresor is planning revenge on his enemy, Fortunato. In the story, Poe presents multiple moods such as fear, anxiousness and suspicion The author shows these three moves by building suspense using imagery and foreshadowing. In the story, Edgar use his suspicions to change as well as present the mood. in the beginning of the story the author build suspense while explaining his plan. “but when he ventured…

Roderick Usher, Madeline usher, and the narrator are three characters that change over the course of the story. As the story continues Roderick slowly starts to change. Mentally, Rodrick does a complete 360 in how he views things. Madeline was very quiet and didn’t have a lot to say. The narrator is an enigmatic character. He only exists in relation to the Ushers, and that relation is primarily as an outsider. Roderick is tormented by his own fear and his own admission. He doesn’t fear…

Descriptive details used in “The Cast of Amontillado”. On the short story “The Cast of Amontillado”, Edgar Allan Poe generates a mood of dreadful suspense that leads to horror. One of the primary ways in which Edgar Allen Poe creates a dark and foreboding mood in his story "The Cask of Amontillado" is using setting. It is in the pitch of night that Montresor happens upon Fortunato and invites him back to his abandoned estate. From there Fortunato and Montresor wander deep into the estates'…

After reading the “The Uncanny” it is clearly evident that Edgar Allan Poe the author of “The Fall of The House of Usher” used the theories within “The Uncanny” to develop his plot, character development and his entire story. The story written by Edgar Allan Poe takes place in a gothic scenery and is about twin, Madeline and Roderick Usher. The two twins suffer from a line of diseases that seems to be found in every generation. Before reading one knows that Poe’s style of writing is very…

readers feel depressed, anxious or excited. Each story has its own unique mood. Mood is defined as the feeling created in the reader. In the story “The Tell-Tale Heart,” Edgar Allan Poe cleverly creates a mood of horror. One aspect of the story that fits this creepy, scary mood is Poe’s use of characterization. An unnamed narrator begins the tale by attempting to prove to his audience that he is not mad but is more enlightened than the average person when he says “I heard many things in the…

falling leaves drop lightly on his bier. In the Australian forests no leaves fall. The savage winds shout among the rock clefts. From the melancholy gums strips of white bark hang and rustle. The very animal life of these frowning hills is either grotesque or ghostly. Great grey kangaroos hop noiselessly over the coarse grass. Flights of white cockatoos stream out, shrieking like evil souls. The sun suddenly sinks, and the mopokes burst out into horrible peals of semi-human laughter. The natives…

The story “The Fall of the House of Usher” tells how two childhood friends the narrator and Roderick Usher after many years Roderick writes to the narrator and ask for help because of his illness that runs through his family. The mansion that Roderick lives in has been there for generations that has been passed down. The narrator is freaked out by the house because of the noises from the wind and the appearance of the mansion. Roderick’s illness is making him go insane as well as his sister…

In “The Fall of the House of Usher,” the story ended with the house physically falling on Roderick and Madeline’s bodies, as well as the fall of the family line. The narrator explains: “While I gazed, the fissure rapidly widened- there came a fierce breath of whirlwind- the entire orb of the satellite burst at once upon my sight.” (Poe 430) This was able to illustrate a picture of the foundation of the house cracking widely, which caused it to fall. It can additionally be interpreted as the very…

The “Masque of the Red Death” is a short story written by Edgar Allan Poe in 1842. It is a haunting tale of people who tried and failed to escape death. This story was given life in a video published on Vimeo. However, the video was altered and changed from the original version. These changes somewhat changed the meaning and effect of the story on its audience. The effect was less haunting and the video lacked Poe’s single effect that all of his works contained. The video lacked crucial features…