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(5 pp) What is in the human condition that
prompts us to enjoy being scared? Ghost stories at
Halloween; escaped criminal stories around the
campfire; or creatures rising from the dead, all
serve that part of us that tingles with
frightening tales. Gothic stories, are, that
group of literary works, which do exactly that.
Edgar Allan Poe and Flannery O'Connor are wonderful
examples of this genre. Bibliography lists
5 sources.
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literary works, which do exactly that. Edgar Allan Poe and Flannery OConnor are wonderful examples of this genre. Bibliography lists 5 sources. BbgthPoR.doc POE & OCONNOR:
Gothic to the Max Written by for the Paperstore, Inc., October 2000 Thesis: Poe uses simple revenge in his Gothic tale, while OConnor adds a
more complicated, spiritual twist to her tale of murder. Introduction What is in the human condition that prompts us to enjoy being scared? Ghost stories at
Halloween; escaped criminal stories around the campfire; or creatures rising from the dead, all serve that part of us that tingles with frightening tales. Gothic stories, are, that group
of literary works, which do exactly that. Edgar Allan Poe and Flannery OConnor are wonderful examples of this genre. Gothic The gothic story or novel is usually one
set against a dark or menacing background. Although the characters in the story seem normal in the beginning, we usually have a foreshadowing or warning that something bad is
going to happen. This type of story will often include irony - a type of wit, satire, sarcasm or ridicule that provides the contrast, as in a play, between
"what the character thinks the truth is, as revealed in speech or action, and what an audience or reader knows the truth to be." In other words the reader
usually knows what is going to happen before at least one of the characters in the story, before the character knows it themselves. Other literary devices we will watch for
are metaphor - one thing stands for another; sensory images, allusion and satire, which are often present in the gothic story. Cask of Amontillado - Edgar Allan Poe
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