Unreliable narrator

an ambiguous, unreliable narrator. An extension of the one way out theme, that all three works share, is the unrelenting hopelessness that dominates the lives of not only the main narrators but also those characters to which they interact with inside the plot of each story. The existentialist question, "Why do we struggle?" is felt by every central character that exist within each tale. Humanity as a whole asks this question after viewing the horrors of war and disaster; the narrators are mouthpieces

mental illness, and due to a lack of medical knowledge were vastly mistreated. The lapse in medicinal science, in combination with extremely sexist ideologies caused more harm to come to women than help. The Yellow Wallpaper, with a nameless female Narrator, depicts how women seen as unwell were treated in the 1900’s. The Orphanage, through the main character Laura, portrays how differently women seen as sick are treated today. Both stories cross the line to the supernatural in a very similar fashion

tricking him into thinking he will be tasting the finest wine. In “Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allen Poe, the unreliable narrator, tone, and imagery prove that there is more to a person than what they reveal about themselves, so do not just trust everyone at face value. The theme is supported by an unreliable narrator, which is found multiple times throughout the short story. The unreliable narrator makes the story more interesting for the reader because the reader knows details that the characters do

Unreliable narrators have been used for years in horror fiction type books and stories. They work to make those stories have an air of mystery and an altogether feeling of not knowing what is going to happen next. They generate an atmosphere of uncertainty, suspense, and sometimes fear that intrigues so many. Poe uses unreliable narrators to create those feeling that has captured many readers and inspired many writers. In the short story “Annabel Lee,” Poe uses an unreliable narrator in the form

and manage a mental illness,” unfortunately, for a specific group of narrators this was not the case. While reading three stories, The Yellow Wallpaper, written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Tell Tale Heart, by Edgar Allan Poe, and Strawberry Spring by Stephen King, there is two commonalities throughout all of these stories, the narrators are all mentally ill and in turn, unreliable. It is hard to judge who is the most unreliable between the selection of twisted stories, whither it be the murderer

person. Literary forms that support this theme are point of view, tone, characterization, and irony. The point of view The Good Soldier is told from the limited first person perspective of John Dowell, who is an unreliable narrator. Backpack Literature describes an unreliable narrator as “a narrator who–intentionally or unintentionally–relates events in a subjective or distorted manner” (Kennedy 60). As a reader, it is difficult to decipher whether Dowell is hopelessly naive and socially inept or a master

Storm” is written in third-person objective point of view. The narrator is not involved with the characters in any way, just telling the story as it

Dark” by Seamus Deane, depicts the death of a young girl, Una, from the perspective of her unnamed older brother. It focuses upon the narrator’s observations, of both his sister and the adults around him, as well as the emotions and reactions of the narrator. Throughout the extract, Deane crafts an atmosphere of intimacy, and innocence, through his word choice and use of perspective. By choosing to write from the first-person perspective, Deane allows the reader to feel more connected with the narrator’s

courses in life. The short story “insignificant gestures” written by Jo Cannon in 2007 enlightens these problems. The narrator tells the short story in a flashback, where the protagonist lives his life in England, while he tells

background of the story, because you know that Death is distracting himself from it all. Death also makes a variety of dark jokes about the war, death, and tragedy, which reminds us once again of the war and deaths that we may have forgotten. This narrator is used throughout the novel in this way, reminding that even when bleakness has escaped our view, it looms, just out of