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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The Storyteller (Saki) by H. H. Munro (Saki) (1870-1916) Word Count: 2109 It was a hot afternoon‚ and the railway carriage was correspondingly sultry‚ and the next stop was at Templecombe‚ nearly an hour ahead. The occupants of the carriage were a small girl‚ and a smaller girl‚ and a small boy. An aunt belonging to the children occupied one corner seat‚ and the further corner seat on the opposite side was occupied by a bachelor who was a stranger to their party‚ but the small girls and the small
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Gothic Literature vs Magical Realism Gothic literature and magical realism are genres that both work to create strong emotions from the reader by using the type of elements they have in their stories. Magical realism is when the author uses recognizable characters who feel‚ act‚ and react in customary ways and introduces them to supernatural or unreal elements. Elements that pertain to magical realism that are found in the short story “House Taken Over” would be the realistic characters and the
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During the twenty-first century‚ the Gothic trend that seemed to replicate within a single family household entailed destruction within its humanity. Inheritance through the Gothic theme signified annotations of one’s own‚ passed down through supernatural or natural feelings that often resulted in death. Usually‚ the inheritance within families portrayed in Gothic literature often entail a sense of uncanniness within the experiences and sensations that were displayed. Throughout the study of the
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described as the ‘mental pictures’ one interprets from reading any type of literature; this can be done using any of the five senses: taste‚ touch‚ smell‚ sight and sound. Edgar Allan Poe is notorious for his use of dramatic imagery in the gothic genre. “Gothic literature has a number of conventions‚ including evocations of horror‚ suggestions of the supernatural‚ and dark‚ exotic locales such as castles and crumbling mansions” (Canada‚ 1997). In this paper‚ I will examine the imagery Poe has chosen
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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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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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A chilling breath of wind assaulted her deadened cheeks for it was a rough night and the stars had cowardly hid away behind the dull‚ mute clouds. The predatory moon‚ bright and full; crept behind the cloudy sky stalking me as prey. Her voiceless shadow stumbled drunkenly as she battled through the hawkish rain to find shelter for the night. Her car had broken down a mile or so back. It had been hours since
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Southern gothic is believed to be “disturbed people doing disturbing things.” In Good Country People‚ readers may think and analyze that the events that occur are a good form of southern gothic. Good country people is southern gothic beginning with the characters and events that happen. Beginning with Mrs. Hopewell calling her daughter Hulga because thrives and enjoys hearing ugly things. Another example is her being a hypocrite to Manley Pointer in his face when she meets him. She smiles at him
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