Horacio Quiroga

The Need For Individualism Many authors apply Gothic Elements in their common works such as: “The Black Cat,” written by Edgar Allen Poe, “Prey,” by Richard Matheson, and “The Feather Pillow,” by Horacio Quiroga. In an effort to create a sense of mystery, suspense, and superstition, these authors utilize these Gothic Elements: entrapment and violence. By using these elements, authors illustrate their belief that one should express themselves through individualism. One element that conveys this

“STOMP, STOMP”. The noise gets louder and louder “STOMP!, STOMP”, in the distance not clear to you. As a way to create a different types of sensory driven story pieces like, “ The Cask of The Amontillado” by Edgar Allen Poe, “ Feather Pillows” by Horacio Quiroga, and “ House Taken Over” by Julio Cortazar use a sense of dread to drive their works of literature forward. As you're expecting a jump scare in a movie, the factor of uncertainty is used to hook in the audience and create the sense of fear. First

Riggs, “Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment,” by Nathaniel Hawthorn, “The Feather Pillow” by Horacio Quiroga and “The Black Cat” by Edgar Allen Poe all illustrate that despite any hope for personal gain, everything that is acted upon will have a consequential reaction. The average human lives around 75 years, and each life craves mortality. The concept of eternal life

The Feather Pillow by Horacio Quiroga is a gothic short story originally written in Spanish and translated to English. Newly weds Alicia and Jordan are very much in love, however, they both have different ways of showing this love. Alicia longs for more affection and romance from her partner but does not voice her concerns to him. Alicia lives in their new home alone, waiting for Jordan to return every day. One day she falls ill with influenza for days. Her illness becomes more severe until she is

In Horacio Quiroga’s short story, “The Feather Pillow,” he writes about a young woman and bride, Alicia, who gets ill suddenly and unexplainable, and quickly progresses towards her death. Alicia’s death is caused by a monstrous creature that lives in her pillow. The monstrous creature feeds itself with Alicia’s blood day by day, and finally takes Alicia’s life away. The story begins with a recently married couple, Alicia and Jordan, who live together now in a nearly empty house. Alicia has an unconditional

The allure of fear can be different depending on certain circumstances. Unexpected fear is showed in both “Sleep Paralysis: A Waking Nightmare”, by Lexi Tucker and “The Feather Pillow” written by Horacio Quiroga. Some people experience fear without realising or wanting too, whereas some thrill seekers go looking for an adrenaline rush. What I mean by saying the allure of fear can be different depending on circumstances is… some people enjoy the unknown. Not knowing what’s coming next is a thrill

various Gothic elements throughout the book because The "Black Cat" shares the theme of grotesqueness., "The Masque of death" shares the theme of Pain, and story "Feather Pillow" shares the element of nightmares. Both stories “Feather Pillow” by Horacio Quiroga and Miss Peregrine’s home for peculiar children share the element of nightmares. “It wasn’t before i had trouble falling asleep, my hyperactive imagination transforming...into labored breathing just outside my window or shadows under the door

Horacio Quiroga and Edgar Allan Poe are two of the most influential writers in history. They both wrote disturbing stories that are based upon their similarly rough lives. In fact, Quiroga has been referred to as “The Poe of Latin America” (Niece 1). However, it is important to note that although these authors have many similarities, they also have several significant differences, both in their writing and in their personal life stories. Both Poe and Quiroga had death and mental illness as central

strategies are used to give the reader chills during his or her downtime. Themes like Entrapment and supernatural forces are displayed throughout this genre of writing to further portray an overlaying message. Edgar Allan Poe, Washington Irving and Horacio Quiroga use Entrapment and Supernatural powers to provide an intense feeling in the reader involving scenarios beyond conventional limitations. One story containing the theme of entrapment is “The Devil and Tom Walker” by Washington Irving. Irving incorporates

read any kinds of literatures, such as romantic and fantasy novels for relaxing and escaping the real world to the imagination world. My last literature, excepted some text books, is The Decapitated Chicken and Other Stories that is written by Horacio Quiroga. There are composed of many short stories, but only two stories are mostly impressing me because they are about love. These two stories, “The Decapitated Chicken” and “The Feather Pillow,” have the same theme; they are about love. They do not