the funeral of Alice Drablow‚ and the Eel Marsh House add to the Gothic components in this book. First of all‚ the way Hill uses the fog and sea mist creates a mysterious‚ Gothic setting throughout the book. In the beginning‚ Kipps describes the fog as a “yellow fog‚ a filthy‚ evil-smelling fog‚ a fog that choked and blinded‚ smeared and stained” (Hill). The
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is personification. Stevens used personification in “Schizophrenia” to describe how the house in the poem took on human qualities. The house in the poem suffered along with the family living inside of the home. “It was the house that suffered most.” (Stevens‚ 1922‚ line 1). The couple as well as the home lost the feelings of being happy and started to self-destruct. The poem started out by saying how the house was suffering. The word suffered indicated that the home took on human characteristics.
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Arthur ‘boo’ radley At the start of the novel ‘boo’ is described as a “malevolent phantom”. Boo is never seen outside the house. ”phantom” shows us that harper lee wants to hint that boo haunts his house like a ghost would. The fact that “phantom” is used and ghost isn’t means that the reader is meant to think that boo is evil. This is backed up by the word “malevolent” showing that boo wishes to harm others something only a “phantom” would do. This idea of Boo being a “phantom” is further enforced
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The supernatural has always been an important part of human history. We have always been preoccupied with the thought of ghosts terrorizing us or our loved ones‚ or zombies rising from their shallow graves to come and feast on a lonely person’s innards. However‚ “The Black Cat” by Edgar Allan Poe shows the idea of the supernatural in the short story. Some may argue that there is a supernatural presence in this story. However‚ it is quite clear that the narrator is insane‚ a drunkard‚ and plain crazy
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The short story “The Tell-Tale Heart” was written by Edgar Allen Poe and was published in January of 1843. The setting of this story is a house. Only a few details are given about this old house; the old man keeps the shutters tightly locked‚ there are neighbors close enough to hear a scream and the police seem to arrive quickly after the narrator kills the old man‚ so the assumption might be made that he lives close to town. The old man’s room is discussed but never described as more than dark
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unravels a story about “attitudes” and reveals that your attitude can influence what people think of you. One way Indirect characterization reveals theme is is through Actions. In the story the narrator murders an old man living in his house. As the officers come and question the narrator he talks to them in a way it seems as if the narrator has no fear and nothing is wrong. His actions and attitude tricked the officers in thinking he was innocent. Another way the theme
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Authors create suspense by making the reader feel something wrong is going to happen in their novel. Some authors that do that are Edgar Allan Poe and Ray Bradbury in their stories‚ “The Tell-Tale Heart”‚ and “The Pedestrian.” Edgar Allan Poe uses suspense in his story‚ “The Tell-Tale Heart” when the old man the narrator is trying to kill wakes up and does not go back to sleep. “I had my head in‚ and was about to open the lantern‚ when my thumb slipped upon the tin fastening‚ and the old man sprang
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to the reader the true sanity of this narrator/murderer‚ however‚ it is revealed in the end when faced with the reality of his crime. “I went down to open it with a light heart‚- for what had I now to fear?”. When the police show up to this man’s house‚ where the murder took place and where the body is buried‚ the man welcomes them in with no worries; still unaware
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his crime and attempting to prove himself not guilty. He seemed very determined in his technique by narrating that no human eye could have detected any flaw in the floorboards. To add onto that‚ when the police officers had arrived at the old man’s house to investigate‚ “In the enthusiasm of my confidence‚ I brought chairs into the room and desired them here to rest from their fatigues‚ while I myself‚ in the wild audacity of my perfect triumph‚ placed my own seat upon the very spot beneath which reposed
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“The Colonel” written by Carly Forche is a short story written about the horrifying experience of meeting the ominous Colonel and being inside of his legendary house of horrors. Forche begins the story with the phrase “What you’ve heard it true”. This opening statement works as an effective hook because it makes the reader ask questions such as “what am I supposed to have heard?”. A hook that makes the audience want to explore the rest of a piece is an important part of having good and effective
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