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This 6 page paper uses several short stories to explore the way in which authors use setting, Gothic terms, coming of age situations and spousal relationships in their stories. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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stories to examine how authors use literary techniques to enhance their works. Discussion Gothic literature is defined as literature in which "supernatural horrors and an atmosphere of unknown terror pervades
the action" (Harris, 2002). The two stories here, The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe and A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner, are good illustrations of the Gothic style.
The Poe has all the trappings of a true horror story, while Faulkners tale is much more subtle, and the hints he drops as to whats really going on in
Miss Emilys house only come together at the end. Gothic writing is often concerned with death, decay, mysterious events, menace, fear and madness. This is very clearly shown in Poes
story as we can see from his vocabulary choices. He uses words like "destroyed," "disease," "Evil Eye," "thick darkness," "groan of mortal terror" and finally, he says the old man
knew he was about to be killed because "Death, in approaching him had stalked with his black shadow before him, and enveloped the victim" (Poe, 1843). There is also the
fact that the narrator protests that he is sane when he is clearly mad and the fact that the action takes place in a stuff house in total darkness; these
help to create an atmosphere of unrelieved terror. The murderer, of course, is so unhinged by what hes done that he thinks he can still hear the mans heart beating,
and confesses his crime to the astonished police (Poe). Faulkners use of Gothic terror is somewhat more subtle, but the impact is even greater, perhaps because readers dont generally expect
it of him, while they know Poes reputation. In Emily, Faulkner says the house has a "close, dank smell"; that no one has been admitted for nearly ten years; theres
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