Gothic Literature Analysis

Isolation, betrayal, and admiration are all responses to an external or internal conflict one may be experiencing. The gothic elements above are woven throughout the novel Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs, as well as the other gothic literature. The characters in the following works of gothic literature all try to resolve problems in their society, personal relationships with others, and what is true versus what isn't. As one reads these stories of gothic literature it becomes evident that isolation, betrayal, and admiration are only a temporary resolvement to the characters conflicts or predicaments.

The American Gothic Genre, which focuses on the paranormal aspects of life, began in the 1700s and is still used today. Kelly Link is the author of “The Specialist’s Hat”, and the author of many literary collections. She's received a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts and has co-edited a number of anthologies. She uses imagery, intimidating diction, and literary devices to convey the emotion and theme of snakes, hollowness, and death in this story.

Ransom Riggs uses similar techniques to many of the most popular Gothic Literature authors. He intertwines numerous gothic elements akin to past authors. He brings the elements to life similar to blood in “Masque of the Red Death” by Edgar Allen Poe. His book, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children also uses similar techniques of the supernatural elements in the “Devil and Tom Walker”, and the use of mystery within “A Rose for Emily”.

“John B McLemore lives in Shittown, Alabama,” Brian Reed quoted. Many people today can relate to some of the problems John faces in S-Town. Most of these problems are derived from southern gothic characteristics within the podcast. The podcast uses many different southern gothic characteristics in order to make it more interesting. Many of the examples of these characteristics are more modern so that they relate to our current society. S-Town is a piece of contemporary Southern Gothic Literature because of its use of social issues, irony, and outsiders.

Southern Gothic Literature stories have themes that focus more on grotesque and violence. Many stories focus on the damaged and delusional chan the story. S-Town is an example of a classic Southern Gothic Literature piece because it has many detailed issues that deal with violence, suicides, and social problems. S-Town is a classic piece of Southern Gothic Literature because it contains many detailed elements that are Decay, Violence, and Outsiders.

Gothic tales are very dark and disturbing. “The Feather Pillow”, “Prey”, and “The Black Cat” the main character is broken down by events. The pain that they suffer can be connected to their relationships.

The Southern Gothic genre uses dark and sometimes supernatural stories to expose the deeper issues faced in society. When reading Southern Gothic literature one could miss the deeper meaning in the story because it is not always the clear message but rather the underlining message. Both William Faulkner and Flannery O’Connor achieve this in their stories “A Rose for Emily” and “A Good Man is Hard to Find.” Faulkner and O’Connor bring the issues of mental illness and hypocrisy to light in their works “A Rose for Emily” and “A Good Man is Hard to Find.”

A Gothic novel is one which incorporates modes of literature such as horror, the setting, suspense, superstition, atmosphere, horror etc. In the story Dracula the author shows these traits in various sections of the story that makes it a lot more interesting and it is one of the the main characteristics beside the various other features that makes this story great. Dracula was published by . Surely there are many other novels such as Frankenstein, The Vampyre etc, but Dracula is one of the prime example of a Gothic novel that has a lot of different attributes that make the story distinct from the others. Mr.Bram Stoker in his phenomenal book Dracula encompasses the different Gothic traits, how they make the story extremely intriguing and engaging and have a significant effect on the story.

The Book Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children shares many gothic elements with classic works of gothic literature. Mrs. Peregrines Home For Peculiar Children shows the effects of the death of a loved one similarly how it is shown in the raven by Edgar Allan Poe, it shows fascination with the pask like in Dr. Heidegger's Experiment by Nathaniel Hawthorne, and the aspect of monsters in The Feather Pillow by Horacio Quiroga.

The gothic literary movement is a part of the larger Romantic Movement. Gothic literature shares many of the traits of romanticism, such as the emphasis on emotions and the imagination. Gothic literature goes beyond the melancholy evident in most romantic works, however, and enters into the areas of horror and decay, becoming preoccupied with death. “The Fall of the House of Usher” by Edgar Allan Poe is a powerful example of gothic fiction, whereas James Fenimore Cooper’s The Last of the Mohicans serves as the romantic predecessor, illustrating the differences and the similarities between romantic and gothic literature.

The use of Gothic Elements in Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs are similar to the ones placed in the three stories “Black Cat”, “A Rose for Emily”, and “The Devil and Tom Walker” by using of elements through the description of Violence, Fascination with the past, and dreams/ nightmares. In “The Devil and Tom Walker” by Washing Irving uses gothic elements such as dreams and nightmares to encompass the reader deep in the theme of the short story. This can also be observed in the book Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. “He had left his little Bible at the bottom of hos coat pocket, and his big Bible on the desk buried under the mortgage he was about to foreclose; never was a sinner taken more unawares” (Irving 329).

Throughout time we have all seen through the study of the history of the western world that there has been multiple occasions of corruption, chaos, and reformation in one way or another. What I thought was interesting about the process of change that Rome underwent is that in general the people occupying the land did not seem to be humble as a whole. There were many people who wanted a name for themselves and wanted some sort of authority in the land. “All of them sought a lasting presence and a measure of authority within the changing Roman world.” (The Slow Turn) With a part of the community seeking an authoritative position, a certain image was painted in my mind of the people as an upright and structured group. When I read of the anarchy

Novels, written in various styles, maintain their value because each one presents the reader with a new thought to consider. Sometimes however, rather than expanding on an entirely new style to “suggest a thought” authors borrow characteristics from other novels to express themselves. These borrowed traits are then molded into a new shape. Authors from the Romanticism era did just that. They borrowed traits from Gothic literature to express their thoughts. Although the novels are unique and valued for their distinctiveness, the borrowed traits remain a parallel between the two genres. Traits such as deterioration of characters, love combating sin, return to animalistic priorities, and alienation of human emotion are all depicted in

The Gothic literature derived from the dark romantic characteristics as evidence by Julita Oleh in A Brief Description In Gothic Literature . Gothic literatures origin came from medieval times and transformed into more horrific events and characteristics through a suspenseful plot. As the writings changed, “settings were changed from medieval to contemporary” (Oleh 3). Just as changes occurred throughout history in gothic literature, the basics remained the same. The basics such as suspense being built in nature, setting were always eerie and dark, and the struggle between good and evil.

Gothic literature has been popular since the 19th century and has given readers the opportunity to look at romantic movement that focuses on a darker horror like imagination. Some of these involve a combination of extreme landscapes, icy wastes, and extreme weather, horrifying events or the threat of such happenings, as well as supernatural manifestations, and presenting evil. Gothic literature gives us a way of looking more depth into a hero whose identity is identified at the end of a novel (Mullan). Some novels that have given us a chance to look more in depth with gothic literature just like Frankenstein. These novels include Horace Walpole’s Otranto