Both successfully utilise setting to create the mysterious atmosphere in the gothic genre. In the novel The Strange Case the gothic theme of mystery is explored through the use of setting. Stevenson uses dark and descriptive settings to create the mysterious mood of the story. In chapter 1, as Mr. Enfield recounts a story, he uses vivid imagery as depicted in the phrase “black winter morning…street after street… as empty as a church”. The atmosphere of the scene is revealed as
In the Grimm’s fairytale, the witch’s death is a triumph because the children she has killed or tried to kill, like Hansel and Gretel, return home alive. But in this version of the story, we see the father as prison warden. He bars the door to keep harm out, but the tone of the poem suggests the children are being locked in. The children have escaped the witch only to be held captive by the father. Gretel is in darkness because she has committed murder and can’t live with the memory.
Readers are given a true insight on Robin’s dark past, along with the deep despair of never discovering how his mother died. Jennings use of significant and powerful themes reveal Robin’s journey of change from his ruptured past to his true understanding of his future. Jennings’ use of thriller conventions throughout the novel present significant and powerful themes through the use of dark, vivid imagery and the broad use of literary techniques. The mystery that surrounds the death of Robin’s mother explored the use of techniques in the quest to discover the truth into the real cause of her death. Jennings use of foreshadowing helps readers unveil a deep understanding of Robin’s dark thoughts through literary techniques, “My high spirits dissolve like salt in water,” The use of red herrings throughout the novel help represent the use of significant and powerful themes through the use of the thriller conventions.
She was so happy. Another example was I thought that the ghost Victor that kept coming and scaring Anne and Nicholas was just a fake but he was real, because one day Grace saw him as well. The last example was i kept thinking that Victors family was the ghost, but in the end it turined out Grace, Anne, Nicholas and Charles were the ghosts all along. Grace killed her kids with a pillow then she comited suicide, and Charles just died in the war and came back to say bye. To conclude, Irony created suspnse in " The
The mist in Gemma’s version of the fairytale stands, in the first place, for the exhaust gas used to kill the Holocaust victims at Chelmno. The sleep of the people of the castle is the sleep of death - it is forever. But the symbols often have a cluster of connotations. The mist may also stand for the imperfect knowledge of Gemma and her family has of the events of her past, which they only dimly understand. As Yolen presents the significance and power of fairy tales through multiple voices ad dynamic use of techniques.
Shirley Jackson’s The Lottery Shirley Jackson’s writing style brings fear upon her readers by mixing real life with fantasy. Jackson’s split lifestyle (mother and writer) supplies the basis for her fiction and horror stories. My main point is that Shirley Jackson uses her popular horror stories, specifically “The Lottery” to dramatize the everyday hypocrisy in a way to capture the attention of society. This is explained in the story “The Lottery”, the alliteration and theme of “The Lottery”, Shirley Jackson’s life, and the parallelism between Jackson and a character from “The Lottery” (SparkNotes). Initially, in “The Lottery” it is their tradition for the villagers of a small town to gather together for the town lottery where every family draws a slip of paper from a black box.
Kathryn Goers ENG 346: Virtue and Vice in Gothic Literature Dr. Timothy Decker 5 November 2012 Sexuality? Predator vs. Victim Women in several known horror narratives, stories, and films, are highly sexualized. They aren't always seen as human, and are treated as victims. In his novel, Dracula, Bram Stoker is no different from other horror writers.
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, and Edgar Allan Poe’s short story “The Fall of the House of Usher”, are both excellent examples of Gothic literature and the elements which set this genre apart from others. Each author employs such Gothic elements as metonymy, mystery and suspense, and overwrought emotion to create pieces of writing that have affected the way we tell stories even to the present day. Metonymy is an element that affects the way the reader interprets the scene without knowing it. In Gothic literature, metonymy usually makes for much “doom and gloom.” Blowing winds, howls, moans, sighs, and eerie sounds are all entwined within Frankenstein, illustrating Shelley’s use of metonymy. All of these are used to subtly reference the overall air of darkness and horror apparent in the novel.
Hill then revisits one of the terrors Arthur has already experienced with ‘The sound of a pony and trap’, by repeating the noise of a pony and trap, in the distance, crashing into the quicksand ahead, and as it was a moonless night, only the sound would be heard and nothing of the pong or the trap would be seen. Following Arthur’s distressing experience, Hill then refers to him “dying of fear”, as he finds the door which he tried to enter but was locked, wide open. This is a very intense moment of fear for both Arthur and the reader as the terror of knowing that someone is in that house is too much for Arthur. Arthur then refers to “half-thoughts of murder and
Gothic Elements in The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde After reading the whole gothic literatures in this semester, I find The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde gives me the most impression. Since I was young, the only kinds of book that can make me feel interested in are gothic type of fiction. Gothic writing tends to be very dark, focus on the evil side of human nature, have supernatural and unexplained elements to it; for example, the mysterious setting and the suspicious events. These elements make me can’t help myself but be immersed in the book. After reading The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, I found three elements that impressed me the most: the atmosphere of mystery and horror, the unbelievable event of doubling in that century, and the disappearance of hope.