Theme Of Horror In William Faulkner's A Rose For Emily

Similarly, the protagonist in “A Rose for Emily” is Emily Grierson. The house that she lives in drives her mind to inhabit it in dusty and dark. Miss Emily is a mysterious character. The impression that Miss Emily gives us about her is that she is a “necrophiliac”. Necrophilia means a sexual attraction to dead bodies.

Gothic literature is defined as a style usually portrayed in fantastic tales dealing with horror, despair, and other “dark” subjects. Gothic literature is normally seen in the late eighteenth century and early nineteenth century writings. Gothic literature was a dark element represented in the short stories: “Yellow Wallpaper,” “The Lottery,” and “A Rose for Emily.” In the short story, “Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, the author wants the reader to grasp how horrifying the wallpaper is. The author describes the wallpaper as, “The color is repellant, almost revolting; a smoldering, unclean yellow strangely faded by the slow-turning sunlight.”

The burial of Polyneices is viewed nobly, yet Antigone is not faultless in that act. One of Antigone’s largest mistakes is that she burns bridges with those that care about her. Pleading with Antigone, Ismene laments “why would I care to live when you are gone?” (548). Antigone dismisses this heartfelt plea by deferring Ismene to Creon, thus isolating herself from her only kin.

(Silence is in the room, you could hear a pin drop) Mariam: You did not… You did not! After all this time it was you! (remembering what she had said the day she found her family dead) I swore that day that I would find the murder. I swore that I would end his life!

There are many elements of gothic literature used throughout this story. The first and obvious element used would be the setting of the story being in a castle. Furthermore, the castle was described as being melancholy, and the atmosphere around the house as dull, dark, and soundless- which is another element of gothic literature- an atmosphere of mystery and suspense.

The Putnam’s daughter’s eyes are open, unlike Betty’s , her eyes are closed like she is asleep. After visiting Betty Mrs.Putnam started blaming others for her children’s death. She continues contentious saying her children were killed from witchcraft. She doesn’t think of any other reason why her children died. “They were murdered, Mr.Parris!

In the gothic novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, was the main character Frankenstein, actually a monster or did he become a monster due to the treatment by society because of his appearance? The evidence may open your mind and heart because this may be a sadder story than scary. Through the use of torture, isolation, and the monster , Mary Shelley in Frankenstein reflects upon the individual never yet been able to satisfy, thus expressing the immense impact physical judgment has, even back in the late 1700s. In chapter 8 of our gothic novel takes place where victor and his family are in a courtroom.

This scene is lines, 1431-1442 where the most disturbing chaos occurs. During this scene, author Sophocles creates a catharsis so that readers can feel what the characters are feeling in their minds. In the scene, Oedipus found his wife, Jokasta “hanging by the neck, swaying in a noose of tangled cords” (Sophocles 1432-1433). Jokasta had committed suicide because she felt ashamed of how much her son Oedipus has suffered all his life. She killed herself because she also loved Oedipus as a wife and mother, she thought this would have been better for him.

This affected his composition and actually, the English Gothic novel began with his 'Gothic story '; 'The Castle of Otranto '. Fundamentally, a Gothic novel is said to incorporate sorcery, riddle, heavenly, uncanny and tension. The interpretation of a Gothic novel contrasts from reader to reader. A Gothic work is to have a unquestionable mixing of remote setting, destroyed strongholds, dilapidated houses, mazes, cells, dull halls, cellar, moonlight, candles, winding stairs, fierce interests, inbreeding, odd fixation, and condemnations. This sort makes sentiments of agony, riddle, dread, tension since their point is to investigate humankind 's dull side and question humanity about what is great and underhandedness, address what part the powerful shows, and experience dread or fear.

He labels Maggie as a fallen woman, a common literary critique of women characters during the era Crane wrote his novel. The main takeaway from his analysis of the novel is, essentially, that the fate of the fallen woman is “death as the result of seduction and betrayal” (Fudge). With this sort of character, he suggests that there is no other ending, and death is seemingly the only way for her story to end. He then brings up the symbolism Crane cultivates, imagining Maggie as a flower. Fudge “equate[s] beauty with virtue,” uncovering Maggie’s deflowering by Pete as the beginnings of her wilting away into the soil, from a blossom to a dead body, amounting to no more than dirt