The Grotesque

“The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe is a short story which the author uses to provide a study of paranoia and the deterioration of mental states. The short story describes nameless man, who explains that he is not an insane man, but simply has a “disease” which makes all his senses to become sensitive. Every midnight, the narrator goes to an old man’s room and conspires to murder the potential victim. He does not possess any personal rivalries or hatred against old man, and in fact loves…

Owen, Faulks and Barker attempt to express the horrors of trench warfare through carefully crafting their language but, in doing so, prove that the horrors are so great that no form of language can truly express it. Mansur, quoting Howard Pinter, argues that “the more tense the experience, the less articulate the expression”, believing Owen cannot communicate the true horrors of war however eloquently he writes. It can be presumed that Faulks and Barker, through vivid imagery, also fail to do…

The following paper will discuss matters of beauty and morality. Different meanings of beauty exist in present society, however the term is most popularly associated with physical characteristics. Physical characteristics include both aspects of behaviour and form and are deemed beautiful when perceived as appealing by others. Morality is the ability for individuals to think rationally and decipher between what is right and wrong. In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Shelley wrestles with themes of…

The Shadows of the Silhouettes Through the Art, the artist is capable to express his deepest feelings and ideas. The Art is a valuable tool that allows the artist to manifest or communicate emotions. The artist through his work can reflect hatred, abuse, love, happiness, peace, and many other feelings that can be reflected in a painting. Where its creator with his work, transmit to the audience a hidden message to interpret or decode. Have you ever imagined the world without art? Throughout…

Other part of the story takes place is Valley of Ashes. Valley of ashes is where the characters Myrtle Wilson and George lives. Nick is said that, “This is a valley of ashes – a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens…the ash-gray men swarm up with leaden spades and stir up an impenetrable cloud” (Fitzgerald 23). Nick specifying that the valley of ashes is a rundown place of living and the poor class…

As the fiend stared down upon me, I could feel his menacing stare as the moonlight illuminated his grotesque smile. I could feel that his intentions were not amiable toward his creator. I had made a promise that I surely did not want to follow through. I felt threatened and knew that if I did not follow through, that hideous image of the monster I created could be my last. He would go after my family and my earlier selfish intentions would bring destruction to the ones dear to me. The creature…

healthy because they leave children alone and in loveless environments where they struggle to overcome their unfortunate circumstances. It is survival of the fittest and only the strong will survive. Not only was Frankenstein physically grotesque but also mentally grotesque.…

All of the methods of execution are grotesque and barbaric. Some of the methods have included hanging, firing squad, electrocution, gas chamber, and lethal injection. All of the methods have fatal flaws, with hanging if the rope is too long it will tear off the head of the prisoner if the rope…

How O’Connor’s Titles Convey Her Themes Flannery O’Connor is one of the most influential fiction writers America has ever known. Born and raised in Georgia, O’Connor was a passionate reader and artist who was extremely gifted yet shy. Because of her hard work and dedication, O’Connor won several awards, even after her death in 1964 from Lupus. “The Complete Stories” is a collection of short stories that won O’Connor the National Book Award. Flannery O’Connor skillfully constructs titles that go…

a variety of poetic devices to immerse the audience in the tale and evoke a myriad of pathos. In the excerpt from lines 387 to 404, the author achieves this level of engagement through the use of imagery, rhyme, and repetition. The ravaging and grotesque scene created in this passage drastically differs from the majority of the poem. The passage, in conjunction with its poetic devices, culminates in a distinctly gruesome, yet magnificent spectacle. In Sir Orfeo lines 387 to 404, the author…