Royse Ap English 12-13-12 Gothic Essay Over the centuries‚ the American fascination for the grotesque and mysterious elements of Gothic literature never died off since its beginnings with Horace Walpole’s The Castle of Otranto in 1764. The novel was a success; its creative usage of a remote and obscure setting‚ the supernatural and medieval motifs were found so attractive that its imitations began rapidly publishing across America. Very soon‚ the Gothic genre was an established classic
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Gothic Horror Story Heather Monkhouse The rain fell down like tiny stones upon the weathered roof. It’s a gentle shower just now but the forecast said it is to get worse. The rain was making the atmosphere even darker and stuffier than usual. Save this. It is a normal Saturday night and as usual parents are out for some “time to themselves” I don’t have any brothers or sisters and I’m not aloud out because of the weather‚ so I’m left in myself for the night. My parents have left me in
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The Yellow Wallpaper and The Strange Case of Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde represent the gothic genre‚ it can be viewed as too simplistic because of the complexity within the Gothic genre; both showing clear distinct differences between each other. ‘Dr.J+Mr.H’ explores the Duality of man through the beast like character of Mr. Hyde‚ with clear conventions of the Classic Gothic. TYW on the other hand representing the modern Gothic‚ replacing the supernatural with the irrational‚ which is not seen as monstrous
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Gothic Essay Gothic literature can be described in various ways. There are numerous elements such as death‚ tragedy and corruption that make up this genre‚ however there is a lot more to it. Accidents of life and the inevitability of fate are commonly seen in many gothic texts and most themes are mutual throughout plays‚ novels and poems. The dark element intrigues us and back in the 1900’s‚ when gothic literature was very common‚ it no doubt scared people. Historically‚ people around the time
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The graveyard was dark and shadowed; tulips lined the cobblestone pathway that led to the mausoleum‚ looming darkly against the feeble moon. I strode through the graveyard‚ glancing nervously around at the shadows that lay thick upon the graves like a shroud. Tulips‚ protruding like withered stakes from the ground‚ lined the pathway‚ and I could smell their sickly-sweet odor as I approached the mausoleum‚ looming above me like a forbidding monument to the feeble moon above. “Rachel!” I cried out
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Why do people want to live in a perfect world? Everyone wants to live in their own fantasy world because that is where all their dreams are able to come true. No one wants a world of grief and sorrow. Life should be lived to its fullest. It should not be wasted. It should be embraced. When we are faced with agony‚ we must either make a choice between accepting it or hiding from it. In the play “A Streetcar Named Desire” by Tennessee Williams‚ the author mainly focuses on Blanche Dubois‚ a woman who
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It was a cold stormy night. The house was still. I was lying in bed when I heard a series of knocks at the door. As I descended the stairs the knocks were getting louder and louder. I thought to myself‚ "Who could be at the door this late at night?" When I opened the door there was a tall man dressed all in black. He smelled of fish and looked like he just walked out of a mud pit. He was having car troubles and needed to use the phone. I invited him in and told him that the phone was down the hall
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GCSE French/ German/ Spanish Revision Plan Your listening exam is worth 20% of your overall GCSE grade. Your reading exam is worth 20% of your overall GCSE grade. General guidance for the exam papers: * The exam papers will feature questions based on ANY of the topics found in your textbook (even the ones you have forgotten about because you did them ages ago at the beginning of Year 10) * All of the instructions on the exam paper will be in English and your answers will also be in English
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Gothic Elements in the Short Stories of Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe is known as the Father of the Gothic. He utilized Gothicism in his short stories such as‚ ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’ and ‘Ligeia.’ Poe has written numerous literary masterpieces that have focused on the Gothic. Not only have his works been focused on the Gothic‚ but his life had somewhat of a Gothic theme. Through love‚ death‚ and depression‚ Poe’s life had an impact on the way he wrote‚ which is evident through in
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The rain fell down like tiny stones onto my head‚ it was only a light shower at the moment‚ but as I recall the weather reporter said there would be an intensive storm soon. That jogged my memory‚ I should get home quick before it gets any worse. As I was walking through the woods‚ sticking to my normal path‚ it hit me that the weather today has been awful‚ there was this heavy fog that prevented me seeing any further than 10 meters. It doesn’t bother my though because I know these woods like the
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