Gothic Elements

Another feature that makes this short story a powerful example to show the literature written in the gothic genre is the feature of the protagonist having an obsessive personality and being troubled, disturbed or misunderstood is a fundamental feature to the gothic style of text.In the short story this fundamental feature can be identified when the protagonist describes his troubled self,‘I grew, day by day, more moody, more irritable, more regardless of the feelings of others. I suffered myself to use intemperate language to my wife’.The quote uses the idea of the protagonist describing himself and how he felt in the situation.From this idea we as readers,see how much the protagonist is struggling with his addiction to alcohol and how he