Which Version Is More Effective: The Radio Play or tiny Story? There are some similarities and differences in the mood created in the radio play and the tiny story, Dark They Were and Golden Eyed. In the tiny story, there is a spooky and mysterious mood. In the radio play, there is also a spooky and mysterious mood, but the actors’ tones made it more intense. However, the sounds make the radio play come to life. The tiny story and the radio play have some similarities and some differences. A similarity
“The Third Wish” by Joan Aiken are stories about people who get in their possession a talisman that can grants 3 wishes. These two stories are very similar and different in many ways. In the stories, they share the same motif but have different story elements. “The Monkey’s Paw” has a darker mood. “The Third Wish” has a peaceful happy mood. Both these stories share the same 3 wish motif. One similarity in these two stories is the setting. Both of these short stories have the similar country setting
The Berenstain Bears have decided to enter a spooky old tree with only a light, stick, and a rope. When they believe that they have almost made it through, they awaken the Great Sleeping Bear, so the Berenstain Bears must come up with a quick plan to make it back home safely. The Berenstain Bears and The Spooky Old Tree fits the categories of a good, well-written, and well-illustrated book, as well as, fits into the history of literature. First, The Berenstain Bears fits well into the category
Nobody knows why he killed himself, but many people believe that his life influenced his scary stories. Edgar Allan Poe’s most famous writing was The Raven. He started writing when he was fifteen years old, and his first writing was a poem. The poem was called Last Night, With Many Cares and Toils. His very last writing, and most famous was The Raven. Most of Edgar Allan Poe’s writings are set in a spooky and dark setting. Young readers today seem to enjoy dark writing. Stephen King is a popular
Unnerving, spooky, disturbing, frightful… All common characteristics of a hauntingly terrific tale by the famous Edgar Allan Poe. His story “The Masque of the Red Death” brought a grotesque taste to the horror genre throughout the 19th century with the use of literary devices. To summarize, Poe’s story discussed, in detail, the horrifying inevitability of death, which reveal the value of a device known as symbolism used by Poe in this literary work. As people are familiar with, Poe’s psychological
The character is being haunted by the death of his loved one ‘Lenore’ and is mourning over her, when a raven come into his room and begins to aggravate him. This is effective because it gives a ghost like tone to the story. For instance this quote “And the only word there spoken was the whispered word ‘Lenore’ Merely this, and nothing more.” (p. 105) This proves that the character is very paranoid and feels as if Lenore is talking to him. He soon figures out that it
pictures that cause the stories to be more entertaining while contributing to the plot of the story. Early-stage children’s books are light in text and dense in pictures; as the stories progress the pictures increase. Stories such as The Bernstain Bears and The Spooky Old Tree by Stan and Jan Bernstain do not have a great deal of words and rely on pictures to provide setting, details, and help tell the story. Picture use is essential in child development and understanding of a story, as well as keeping
paranoia yet also a touch of curiosity with his extraordinary descriptions about the setting and characters, along with the tone. Poe does a magnificent job creating an eerie tone while describing the setting. Even in the first paragraph of his short story, he captures all of the narrator’s views and gives the reader a great scene to visualize. “During the whole of a dull, dark, and soundless day in the autumn of the year, when the clouds hung oppressively low in the heavens, I had
world in haunted palaces. These two short stories, which can be considered to be a dream vision and a sort of phantasmagoria, conglomerate certain situations, real and unreal, and certain events, factual and illusory. The very titles of the stories are suggestive enough of their mystery and enchantment. Both the stories are full of supernatural touches and suggestions and show the writers’ skill to build up an elusive fantasy in an engaging way. Although the two stories exclusively deal with the eerie
spend her whole life in that room. This scenario relates to the traits of gothic lit and magical realism because it occurred in a mythical setting, while she lived in that strange room she would go through the same exact routine every day. Both stories are very descriptive in their settings. However, Edgar Allan Poe’s “Fall of the House of Usher” has a mysterious setting that relates to gothic elements. Julio Cortazar’s “House Taken Over” is an example of magical realism because it has fantastic