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The curse is strengthened when, “Dr. Berlin patted his wife’s hand twice, then stood and then went into the kitchen, returning with a wooden box with a carved rose and briar on top.” (Yolen 29) This gives Becca a clue which lures her even more now that there is some lead to a seemingly unsolvable mystery. This shows the theme Accursed Gift as the box drives her to go to Poland and makes her obsessed over the mystery of her grandmother’s past. It is like an ounce of drugs to jumpstart the addiction. This quote shows the crazed loyalty of Becca to Gemma and how much she loves her. This choice develops Becca as having a very brave personality as she went on a journey to Poland alone to learn about Gemma’s history just based on a promise meant to appease the dying. However instead of making Becca content “and now that I know my grandmother’s----and I’m not sure I want to know,” (Yolen 196) was her response. This presents Accursed Gift as the secret that causes Becca to be hurt and shows the initial negative effect of the curse. This makes Becca seem like she has a more naïve trait to her personality, for she had never questioned about her grandmother’s past. This Becca seem less of the strong woman she is as she falls into short term denial because of her disbelief of her grandma’s past. Becca was strong enough to go look for her grandmother’s past, but doesn’t have the courage to accept the truth.

When discussing loss knowing it comes in many forms can create an ubiquitous contemplation about the derivative of the characters loss. In many Dark Romantic and Gothic pieces loss can derive from a loved one, psychological torment, or even from an egotistical attribute. These attributes may seem customary to society, however these issues can take a great toll on a character. For example, in “Annabel Lee” by Edgar Allan Poe, he lost his wife to a lung disease which ultimately caused the narrator to obsess in a form of grief over Annabel Lee. Moreover, in the “Demon Lover” by Elizabeth Bowen the protagonist and the antagonist essentially are the same person. Mrs. Dover while revisiting an old house she once lived in had created an entire situation that in her mind and to the reader seem real, once the reader continues the realization that Mrs. Dover created a situation all of her own due to psychological issues. Lastly, in “The Masque of

Additionally, the interactions from other characters show complications Christopher has relating with others as evident “Then she [Mrs. Alexander] turned and went into the house…I didn’t know her well enough to know whether she was telling the truth…So I walked away.” (pg. 41) As the protagonist is unaware of Mrs. Alexander’s intent of goodwill, Christopher is unable to presume this, thus left. Multiple incidences of the character displaying his incredulity arise within the book, for instance the prompt disbelief of god, a figure head for many symbolizing hope; the complications Christopher has with metaphors, confusion occurs as they have multiple implications; and the belief of caring for those that are gone, as Christopher had no intent

Catherine Foster can only try to do what she knows is right for every living human she can help, but even though she tries, she lacks the ability to do all that she sees fit to be done. If Catherine lived in today’s time she would have had the power to give to whomever she see fit to receive and she would be accepted and even celebrated for her gift of intellect. Catherine is a very good hearted woman that could do a lot for the world, we are all, deep down at least, good hearted people that can do a lot of good for the world; if we only had the strength to do

Brontë presents Catherine’s madness as her being delusional and a hypochondriac in Chapter Eleven, “I’m in danger of being seriously ill.” To the reader, this appears to be Catherine being melodramatic, attention-seeking and her claims of illness is not to be taken seriously. Brontë highlights this as Catherine states “I want to frighten him,” (pg.125) and the reader might be questioning if Catherine actually loves Edgar or whether she loves the attention that he gives her and only using her illness as emotional blackmail. Brontë emphasises this point when Edgar does not visit Catherine or ask after her, and Nelly Dean finds her “dashing her head against the arm of the sofa, and grinding her teeth…” (pg.126) This suggests that Catherine’s

“For months after the slaughter, I had terrible nightmares of my family being killed. I'm surprised Owen didn't toss me out, the way I sobbed and screamed all night long. Thank God he was so patient and kind. The only way I survived through that time was by imagining my mother there with me, hugging me close. Some nights, it felt as if she really was.

Abbey would stay with our father while I had some much needed time away. If she was unable to, the visiting hospice nurse accompanied his needs. The hours I spent at a bunch of graves would appear obsessive to some, but it was comforting to be near even if it was at gravestones. Perhaps it was a way to connect with Calvin, despite the reality of his death. Visiting his stone, keeping the lots maintained; all of these factors, as trivial as they were, helped with my grief. A minor part of me felt foolish, while the majority indispensably embraced this without

Sarah, after hearing the news, told Cate that it was our family’s lack of faith—and specifically, Cate’s lack of faith—that caused the baby to die. We did not “claim” God’s healing for Hannah, and if we had done so she would have been born alive. The suffering from Hannah’s death was magnified by Sarah’s assertions, and our family is still grappling with both. It has broken my mother’s heart, caused my father to believe his lack of faith killed his grandchild, and made Cate suffer more than she

As children, they were inseparable in their love for each other, but it would be a series of barriers and betrayals that would separate them forever. Over time, Catherine would lose her pure, poised composure as a woman of high standing and be reduced to a scheming temptress of tormented love and finding pleasure in suffering. “Thus the vital and vivacious Catherine of childhood is transformed into a histrionic, vindictive harridan – an egomaniac and a paranoiac on the verge of insanity, reduced at last by “feverish bewilderment” to tearing the pillow “with her teeth.” Emily Bronte is ruthless in systematically stripping her heroin of almost every shred of attractiveness and dignity” (Hagan 145). Heathcliff, after his tragic origin of banishment, would be betrayed and separated from Catherine again and again until he could only be described as monstrous and tyrannical as he is consumed in longing for her.

The mother and father seem to be regarded as respectable individuals who are capable of raising the ideal perfect functioning family. However when Austen transitions to describing her unremarkable proficiency and lack of intellect ,with the inclusion of the detail about her parents and her lack of intellect , there is an evident contrast between Catherine and the ideal child of her parent’s household. Austen also includes details to demonstrate Catherine's average proficiency and her insuperiority. Contrasting from other heroes / heroines, Catherine was able to learn the fable of “The Hare and many Friends” at the same rate as any girl in England. The detail that is incorporated about Catherine’s efficiency to read and how that is similar to that of an ordinary girl in England shows forth catherine's ordinary characteristics rather than superiority.

Continually, he blames others for how his life turned out, but one must remember that he chose to go down that path where suffering was sure to follow, and that he could just have easily moved away and made a better life for himself. Also, Catherine brings up the idea of passion and love versus societal expectations and

However, Charlotte feels responsible for the death of her mother, reminded by her last words of being an unwanted daughter. “Strange, she thought, how death repairs, restores, and even beautifies. Or more likely the undertaker… There was no trace of anger, or disapproval, no suggestions of their last quarrel, and yet, as Charlotte gazed, dry- eyed, she was tortured by two refrains; you’ve never done anything to make your mother proud and I did it. I did it” (206).

I would be alive now if I had just listened to that man. After she eviscerated my body, she left the room. As I roamed the house, I found the stuffed bodies of Christopher and Gregory. Poor guys they didn’t see it coming. They had a life like I did, but I wonder why

She imagines Northanger Abbey to be full of the horrors she has read about in her Gothic novels. Her imagination gets the best of her and she believes that General Tilney had murdered his wife. After exploring the Abbey, Catherine finds it to be an ordinary family home: “The Abbey in itself was no more to her now than any other house” (Austen 198). She realizes that she has been gravely mistaken and is ashamed about her feelings: “Astonishment and doubt first seized them; and a shortly succeeding ray of common sense added some bitter emotions of shame” (169).

Catherine, with her overactive imagination, makes General Tilney into a conniving villain who she believes locked up his wife in a secret room. Since Catherine is so absorbed in her Gothic universe having read countless Gothic novels, she acts as a detective to solve “the murder” of Mrs. Tilney. Her enthrallment with Gothicism convinces her that the death of Mrs. Tilney was really a murder, making General Tilney the main suspect. As she says, “The General certainly had been an unkind husband. He did not love her walk: - could he therefore have loved her? And besides, handsome as he was, there was a something in the turn of his features which spoke his not having behaved well to her.” (148) General Tilney becomes Catherine’s main suspect in what she believes to be a murder. She looks for a villain in General Tilney in order to craft him into the classic Gothic villain. Catherine becomes so convinced of General Tilney’s deviltry. In fact, she is also found at other points in the story formulating theories as to how General Tilney’s everyday life is really part of his evildoing. When General Tilney stays up late to read some pamphlets, Catherine becomes suspicious that he really is going to sneak off to the most Gothic part of the abbey, “which yet bore the traces of monastic division” and visit his confined wife: “Down that staircase she had perhaps been conveyed in a state of well-prepared insensibility!” (188) Catherine believes that General Tilney is staying up late to visit his wife that Catherine believes he has locked away in a secret room. This quote shows how Catherine has made General Tilney into a villain by twisting reality. Despite Mrs. Tilney having died a natural death, causing General Tilney not to be a villain, the aspect of a villain in the novel is still apparent. In fact, having a fake villain parodies Gothicism even