A Rose for Emily and the Feather Pillow
Damian Oronoz
Mr. Lpez
English 11
17 May 2010
A Rose for Emily & The Fetter Pillow Essay Hocus pocus in a dark castle, black cats over the graveyards, and two men writing gothic literature. Characteristics of gothic literature include ruined sinister buildings, dungeons, underground passages, crypts, and catacombs which in modern houses become spooky basements or attics. In “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner and “The Feather Pillow” by Horacio Quiroga, the authors use spooky setting, fantastic plot, grotesque characters and use of the supernatural as elements of gothic literatrure.
Faulkner and Quiroga use setting as an element of Gothic Literature to foreshadow that somethings will happen because the setting is mysterious. This is seen in "A Rose for Emily" when Faulkner describes the house that was once beautiful but now is decaying, falling down, old, and huge. One example of this sad story is when it says, "It was a big, squarish frame house that had once been white, ...only miss Emily's house was left lifting its stubborn coquettish decay above the cotton wagons and the gasoline pumps"( Faulkner 218). The quote is an example of Gothic Literature because the author is describing the setting which is a huge, decaying house. The fact that Emily is left alone and rarely is seen by the town people. Also suggest that something is going on in the house. Thus is important because we can not really see what is going on and the time the time the story happens also helps the reader have an imagine. The use of this element is also seen in "The Feather Pillow" when Quiroga describes the huge, empty and cold house where you hear the echo pf your steps when you walk. In the story of "The Feather Pillow" says "the whiteness of the silent piano...the completely bare walls...the echo of his steps never berated throughout the house (Quiroga). The quote is an example of Gothic Literature because Quiroga is describing a scary setting that adds a suspenseful mood to
Mr. Lpez
English 11
17 May 2010
A Rose for Emily & The Fetter Pillow Essay Hocus pocus in a dark castle, black cats over the graveyards, and two men writing gothic literature. Characteristics of gothic literature include ruined sinister buildings, dungeons, underground passages, crypts, and catacombs which in modern houses become spooky basements or attics. In “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner and “The Feather Pillow” by Horacio Quiroga, the authors use spooky setting, fantastic plot, grotesque characters and use of the supernatural as elements of gothic literatrure.
Faulkner and Quiroga use setting as an element of Gothic Literature to foreshadow that somethings will happen because the setting is mysterious. This is seen in "A Rose for Emily" when Faulkner describes the house that was once beautiful but now is decaying, falling down, old, and huge. One example of this sad story is when it says, "It was a big, squarish frame house that had once been white, ...only miss Emily's house was left lifting its stubborn coquettish decay above the cotton wagons and the gasoline pumps"( Faulkner 218). The quote is an example of Gothic Literature because the author is describing the setting which is a huge, decaying house. The fact that Emily is left alone and rarely is seen by the town people. Also suggest that something is going on in the house. Thus is important because we can not really see what is going on and the time the time the story happens also helps the reader have an imagine. The use of this element is also seen in "The Feather Pillow" when Quiroga describes the huge, empty and cold house where you hear the echo pf your steps when you walk. In the story of "The Feather Pillow" says "the whiteness of the silent piano...the completely bare walls...the echo of his steps never berated throughout the house (Quiroga). The quote is an example of Gothic Literature because Quiroga is describing a scary setting that adds a suspenseful mood to