The Mystical State Is Not Easily Achieved

The article on the fantasy within the novella reveals the debate of the governess’s mental state during her time with the children. The debacle that can be depicted within the work can be surrounded through the idea that her fantasies represent the point in which she is at her most anxious. When her anxiety reaches a certain peak, the ghost then appears. This can especially be seen just before the first sighting, when she says, “I was giving pleasure-if he ever thought of it! - to the person to whose pressure I had yielded” (38). The pressure she is experiencing allows her mental state to bring out the fantasy aspect of the apparition. Using Zacharias’s article, the audience can see the fantasy is a mechanism that is used by the governess and

The topic of spirituality, divinity and otherworldly phenomena is quite common in medieval literature and there is a multitude of contexts, in which these topics are addressed. The protagonists of those texts find themselves in a balancing act between the secular world and a supernatural world, where they need to overcome struggles to master the difficulties of their worlds’ dualisms. Be it an otherworld of fairies or the christian hereafter, those worlds and the mundane conducts often influence each other reciprocally in the stories of medieval literature.

It is a well known fact that Edgar Allan Poe‘s stories are famous for producing horror or terror in his readers beyond description. However, it is one of this essay’s attempts to precisely describe these two characteristics present in The pit and the pendulum and The black cat. Horror may be defined as “the feeling of revulsion that usually occurs after something frightening is seen, heard, or otherwise experienced. It is the feeling one gets after coming to an awful realization or experiencing a deeply unpleasant occurrence.” On the contrary terror is described as “the feeling of dread and anticipation that precedes the horrifying experience” These two concepts are thought to be crucial when analyzing Poe’s writings. It is going to be

Edgar Allen Poe’s short story, “The Fall of the House of Usher”, sets a tone that is dark, gloomy, and threatening. His inclusion of highly descriptive words and various forms of figurative language enhance the story’s evil nature, giving the house and its inhabitants eerie and “supernatural” qualities. Poe’s effective use of personification, symbolism, foreshadowing, and doubling create a morbid tale leading to, and ultimately causing, the fall of (the house of) Usher.

“The Squally-absch believed the world to be flat, and beneath its surface is the home of the dead, ‘Otlas-skio.’ Constant communication was maintained between this and the underground world by the spirits of the dead, as well as by the shamans or ‘medicine man,’ The country of Otlas-skio is filled with waving forests, grassy plains and running streams. Villages after the ancient type occupy the most beautiful places; the woods are filled with game and singing birds; brilliant flowers enliven the landscape and perfume th

Cloudstreet is a mystical hymn of each character’s journey to finding peace and redemption within their lives. From separate tragedies, the Pickleses and the Lambs come to Cloudstreet seeking a fresh start. Winton’s exploration of a mystical journey to redemption is represented through the complex relationship between Fish and Quick Lamb. Their relationship is ridden with guilt, despair, a sense of mystical hope and a fervent desire for freedom, ideas that are widely important for the maintenance of human hope.

One day the poet and her mother discussed about the walnut tree which they have in their backyard, this is not an ordinary tree for them, lots of emotions and feelings of them are attached with this tree the poet and her mother struggle to decide whether they will have this walnut tree on their property or not, they will be able to pay off their home’s mortgage (Messineo, 2014 , p.n.d), if they choose to remove the tree and sell it for the lumberman. However, if they want to keep it and be faithful to what the tree represents such as father’s memory, they will face the reality that the roots would smash the house and then owe a debt or worse, the poet used “figurative language” in this poem, “Likely..... Storm....will churn.... its dark boughs,” this phrase is the example of the “figurative language” which shows the tough time, diversity and difficulty in their life. They didn’t want to cut it down but during this

Gothic tales are dismal and disturbing. “The Feather Pillow”, “Prey”, and “The Black Cat” the main character is broken down by events. The immense pain suffered by each character is intertwined with personal relationship.

The willow tree is a universal symbol for grief and weeping (ie. weeping willow). In the novel there is a willow tree near the river when Grams gets bitten by the water moccasin (pg. 62). This tree being present at the waters edge foreshadowed Grams getting bitten by a poisonous snake. Each type of tree in the story comes to represent something different and to bring out a different part of the

When you think mysterious gothic stories authors’ names like Edgar Allen Poe and Nathaniel Hawethrone come to your mind. Poe’s short story ‘The Fall of House of Usher,” is only one of many twisted tales; from his cleaver use of literature to the theme of consuming death it is undoubtingly a great story, but when compared to Hawethrone’s short story, “The Minister’s Black Veil,” is at its match. Hawethrone’s short story explores the theme of isolation through the mood and descriptive detail, making it the ideal story. Both stories share many similarities and differences between their style of writing and the symbols within the story.

However, as this fantasy is naive alike to one of a juvenile, it could foreshadow the fact that such foolish dreams are never to be realised. Along with this there are other negativities suggested, and it is evident that all may not be as perfect as it first appeared to be. Even the nearest town, Soledad, mentioned in the first sentence of the book translates from Spanish in to the English for ‘lonely’, striking a melancholy note into the beauty of the idyllic scene. The ‘sycamores’ have echoes of death about them, their ‘mottled, white, recumbent limbs’ are expressed as though they were decaying cadavers. Those who visit this peaceful scene most often are ‘tramps’, who epitomise lonely wandering, social rejection and poverty.

Isabel Allende's “The House of the Spirits” is ambitious in its personal and political choice, and in its sheer beauty. Her elegant style laces easily between the two different points of view in the book: the masculine grandfather clinging to the past, and his forward-thinking, softhearted granddaughter. All of Allende's characters are complex and beautifully recognized. This marvelous novel is a great literary achievement on every level, as it perfectly interlaces the characters' personal and political passions and the important events of their times.

Within this course, the ideas of the involvement of the mythological and the modern have been searched for throughout various types of literature. We have analyzed poems, essays, theatrical plays and even graphic novels to see the origin of their creative success among the masses. After studying these pieces and their formal elements, we can see that most literature falls under classic mythological premises such as ideas of a higher power/collective mind, power/wisdom through dream and the purity/unforeseen knowledge of children. These ideas seem to be something that is only really recognized by poets. The poem Often I Am Permitted To Return To A Meadow by Robert Duncan uses all of these elements. Within this poet’s work we see he composes a strong relationship between myth and modern day with classical ideas, a powerful quality that makes a great poet.

It is hard to know what to make of NamitaGokhale’s ‘Book of Shadows’ Reminded frequently of Idabel Allende’s acclaimed ‘House of Sprits’ the tale is of a similar ethereal ilk. Bitya, a young University lecturer from Delhi has been left permanently disfigured from an acid attacks by her former lover’s sister. Veiled to hide her disfigurement, she retreats to her childhood home in the Kumaon hills at the foot of the Himalayas to reflect on her life. She lets the house soothe her soul and her housekeeper Lohaniju entertains her with stories. A spirit who also narrates chapters filled with the salacious details of the former owner’s lives haunts the

The poet repeats words with contradicted ideas of lack and abundance to shed light on the idea of 'emptiness'. In other words, although they are stuffed men, they are hollow men. In (16), two types of repetition are observed: repetition of meaning and that of form. The first is achieved by 'shape vs. form, shade vs. colour and gesture vs. motion' whereas the second is done by the word 'without'. By employing these types of repetition, the poet expresses the idea of contradiction in the status of the hollow men and thus confirms their vanity and futility. Things can only be perceived indirectly through their external appearance, but in reality they are nothing. In (17), this repetition brings to the hearers' mind the reality of the other kingdom since the poet in the third part begins talking about that kingdom from inside. In (18), the poet highlights the blindness of the hollow men in the death kingdom by means of repetition.In (19) the repetition the phrase 'prickly pear'alludes to the cactus land, summarising all the features of death’s other/dream/twilight kingdom: dryness, aridity, solitude, repulsion and immobility. In (20), the poem ends with a repetition of the same line tree times to emphasize the end of the hollow