Poe ’s "The Black Cat" as an Example of Gothic Story Edgar Allan Poe‚ who lived a short and tragic life‚ was mainly known for his gothic stories embedded in the atmosphere of terror and suspense‚ with insane protagonists placed in gloomy settings. He is considered to be a horror-master and his literary output renders him a father of the detective story and one of the most prominent gothic story writers (Fisher 2004: 81). The Black Cat‚ first published in 1843 in The Saturday Evening Post (Sova
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the novel’s impact by writing‚ "In the twentieth century‚ To Kill a Mockingbird is probably the most widely read book dealing with race in America‚ and its protagonist‚ Atticus Finch‚ the most enduring fictional image of racial heroism." As a Southern Gothic novel and a Bildungsroman‚ the primary themes of To Kill a Mockingbird involve racial injustice and the destruction of innocence. Scholars have noted that Lee also addresses issues of class‚ courage‚ compassion‚ and gender roles in the American
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Gothic literature was born in 1764 when Horace Walpole published The Castle of Otranto‚ which is considered to be the first gothic novel ever written. Gothic literature was originally written as a reaction to the age of reason‚ order‚ and the politics of eighteenth-century England. Containing anti-Catholic sentiments and mythical aspects‚ Gothic literature explored the tension between what we fear and what we desire. The stories were usually set in some kind of castle or old building that showed
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Gothic Lit and Magical Realism are similar because gothic literature is based off of a blend of terror‚ chaos or romance. Magical realism is based on a wide range of concepts‚ but it expresses mainly realistic views of the world while revealing unreal elements such as paranormal activity. In Joyce Carol Oate’s story‚ “Where is Here?” an example of gothic literature is when “the stranger wandered around the property while the mother set the dining room table” (69). This expresses the actions of a
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The Nuer - Cattle and Kinship in the Sudan Directions: Read the chapter‚ print and answer all the questions prior to coming to class. You are required to submit your answers to all of the questions as part of your participation grade. Be prepared to present your assigned group’s answers to class‚ which is based on the number assigned to you on the Attendance Sheet and the corresponding numbered section of questions below. Discussion Group 5‚ present questions 1 - 9: (1) The Nuer live where?
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Carson McCullers is often mentioned in one breath with the preeminent figures of Southern Literature. She is ranked among the most respected writers‚ often compared with William Faulkner‚ Flannery O’Connor‚ Eudora Welty‚ and Tennessee Williams. McCullers left the Georgia and the South at 17 and lived mainly in New York and Paris for all her adult life‚ yet her settings and characters are frequently Southern. She is very special‚ one of the American’s superlative writers who conjures up a vision of
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Southern Blotting Southern blotting was named after Edward M. Southern who developed this procedure at Edinburgh University in the 1970s. To oversimplify‚ DNA molecules are transferred from an agarose gel onto a membrane. Southern blotting is designed to locate a particular sequence of DNA within a complex mixture. For example‚ Southern Blotting could be used to locate a particular gene within an entire genome. The amount of DNA needed for this technique is dependent on the size and specific activity
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Mosaics were created by: COLORED GLASS Madonna refers to: THE VIRGIN MARY At one time Ravenna was an important outpost for the Byzantine Roman Empire: TRUE Pendentives are found around which of the following: HAGIA SOPHIA What did Paul the Silentiary say about Hagia’s Sophia’s dome? IT LOOKED AS IF IT WERE SUSPENDED FROM HEAVEN What does Hagia Sophia mean? HOLY WISDOM Iconoclasm refers to which of the following? DESCTRUCTION OF IMAGES Byzantine churches were mostly centrally
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When you view this painting‚ it’s important to realize the extent to which Grant Wood had designed and interpreted American Gothic. At first glance‚ many believe the painting as realism‚ and this is true. The painting is modeled after the house‚ which Wood had realistically rendered in which he created a scene—a man and a woman posing in front of the house. The models for the artwork never posed together when they were drawn prior to the painting. Although Wood had intended for a portrait‚ he painted
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more liberally to the gothic conventions presented in Radcliffe’s The Romance of the Forest when Henry refers to Radcliffe’s passage: ‘We shall not have to explore our way into a hall dimly lighted by the expiring embers of a wood fire – nor be obliged to spread our beds on the floor of a room without windows‚ doors or furniture’ (p.114). Henry’s reference ridicules Catherine’s indulgence of gothic reading and foreshadows how she will fictionally position herself as the gothic heroine during her visit
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