Essay on Comparison of The Red Room, The Signalman and The Ostler

Magical Realism and Gothic style writings may seem very alike, but at the same time, they are different. Gothic style invokes a very dark, scary, and irrational feeling, even though the explanation is completely natural. Magical Realism like the piece “House Taken Over”, makes things seems normal but has events that seem almost unexplainable. In Gothic style writings like “The Fall of The House of Usher”, things seem unreasonable, but in Magical Realism things feel ordinary.

Gothic literature and magical realism are the similar due to the fact that they both give a since of realism in a supernatural setting. For example Edgar Allen Poe's "fall of the house of usher" the narrator states" in this mansion of gloom...Rodrick usher had been one of my boon companions in boyhood"(14). This is a perfect example that shows realism in a supernatural setting. Another example is "house taken over" when the brother stated "wrought iron door... you could still hear the noises still muffled louder just behind us"(41). This is another example of magical realism at its best. As a reader we don't know if it is a supernatural noise that he is talking about or just an old door making noises. The similarities that are shown in both

In the story "The Fall of the House of Usher" there is suspense and symbolism that can be written about, this story also provides many Gothic elements. In "The Fall of the House of Usher"

A Red Scare is known as the promotion of fear of a potential rise of communism (a political theory where in society property is owned publically and every single person that works is paid according to their abilities and needs) or radical leftism (a synonym for “farthest left” of the left-wing politics). The First Red Scare was mainly about the worker revolution and political radicalism (political principles focused on altering social structures through revolutionary means). The Red Scare took place in 1919 through 1920.

One of the spookiest experiences of my life was when Melissa was home alone and she heard a noise, so she decided to turn up the volume on her music and Melissa’s dog started growling and she barked while running toward the wall. This scenario relates to the traits of Gothic Literature and Magical Realism because it was related to strong events such as the scene where Irene and her brother had heard a noise in “House Taken Over” by Julio Cortazar. Those two genres are similar because they both have strange events. However, Edgar Allen Poe’s “Fall of the House of Usher” is an example of Gothic Literature because it takes place in a dark, scary mansion while Julio Cortazar’s “House Taken Over” is an example of Magical Realism because the house is taken over in an ordinary place.

The Tell Tale Heart and The Red Room are two short stories that share the genre of a gothic horror story. They are both based in the nineteenth century but the plots are very diverse from one another. The Tale Tell Heart tells the story of a man driven to insanity by his landlord’s eye whereas The Red Room is a story about an ignorant man whose disbelief in ghosts leads to him spending the entire night in a haunted room with ominous consequences. With both stories set pre 1914, the writers could expand upon their main ideas as the current time was one of huge conflict between religion and science. People were worried by the thoughts of witchcraft and magic in that era, but at the same time it intrigued them.

The main character in The Red Room is the visitor to the castle; however no description is given to the reader about this character. This is because H.G Wells wanted to leave the characters appearance to the reader’s imagination. However the reader is told one detail, that the visitor to the castle is 28 years old. ‘Eight-and-twenty years, said I’

Each generation it is harder to get kids and especially teenagers into reading books. They posses easier and more fun ways of entertainment than just a book. But books are the basic way that human beings get their education, and its necessary for them to still exist. Even if they do get interested in a book, it will usually be about a current event, because it is much harder to make kids and teens interested in history. This is why reading John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men isn't the best choice possible to get teenagers eager to read. This book is about two men, in 1930’s who are looking for work and encounter disasters. Not only is the Historical Fiction genre the most appassionate for teens, but also, that they would much rather read a book, that might help them with problems nowadays. Jeffrey Archer’s book, Not a Penny Less Not a Penny More is a better fit for teen, because of its genre, because of its themes, and due to the interest level to a contemporary audience. Jeffrey Archers novel is about a short and fat polish immigrant that changes his name to Harvey Metcalfe, who starts from the bottom until he becomes a millionaire. One of his

Edgar Allen Poe and Ambrose Bierce had both written gothic fiction writing in the 18th century,who have written multiple stories in that genres. Two of these writing are; The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Poe, and One of the Twins by Ambrose Bierce, both of which contain different forms of gothic writings. These differences are due to different approaches of writing. This text will compare them according to the following criteria; the means the authors utilized to achieve the effect of horror, the type of narration used, and the delivered perspectives of the supernatural from the writers. Approaches of these authors varies but also share some similarities. So let’s explore these writings and get under their skins.

Since the 19h century, American Gothic fiction started to exist independently from the British type. In fact, the latter was marked by its use of fantastic, externalized and metaphysical elements as opposed to the boundaries of American Gothic fiction in which were expressed by historical, internalized, racial and psychological characteristics. (Edwards, XVII) In Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven, Fall of the House of Usher and The Tell-tale heart and The narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym and in Charles Broken Brown’s Edgar Huntly expresses a transformation of certain gothic conventions to an American setting which are the result of 19th century

The story The Red Room is about a young man who goes to the red room in a castle. While he is heading to the red room he is faced by three old people that try to warn him, but after being faced by the old people he becomes doubtful about the room truly being haunted. However, after staying in the room for just a couple of hours he begins

Gothic Horror in Susan Hill's The Woman in Black and H.G. Wells' The Red Room

The term gothic fiction implies a British literary genre from the late eighteenth, and early nineteenth century. The modernized term seems to have been generalized into anything that is dark, gloomy, or depressing. Gothic novels often time posses an emphasis on portraying the terror, a prominent use of supernatural circumstances, the presence of highly stereotyped characters, and the attempt to display techniques of literary suspense. There are also other parallels among this vastly popular genre. Gothic novels often time describe the city of London in corresponding ways. Also a common theme amongst gothic literary works is the duality of human nature, or the quality or characteristic of being twofold. These mutual themes are apparent in

Generally speaking, Gothic literature is associated with a general focus on the emotional and not the rational, fascination with the sublime, magical eccentric inexplicable phenomena, or rejection of reason. Creating a terrifying and suspenseful new take on Gothic horror. When discussing Magical Realism, you take an ordinary story of everyday life, but it adds some slightly magical, almost believable exaggerations and escapism to add fantasy tones. Although, these stories have different point of views, both stories use similar settings, characters, and how they handle fear/supernatural. In setting, Edgar Allan Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher," and Julio Cortazar's "House Taken Over," share times usually set in the past. The siblings live in a house passed down by great-grandparents, their parents, and so on through their whole childhood (Cortazar 37). Letting them be in a tranced in the past, until, the house is taken over. While Poe's have a definite setting, enhancing the story, in a quote said "singularly dreary tract of country," may set back in the past when trying to reach the House of Usher (Poe 13). Also, characters in both neither wanted to seek marriage or any type of life of their own leaving them with a mundane lifestyle. In "House Taken Over," the siblings repeat everything day after day. They both wake up at seven in the morning and clean the house, with plenty of extra time to spare they knit, read, or organize stamps (Cortazar 38). In "The Fall of the

The Red Room is Written by H.G.Wells in 1896. It is set in an old