Gothic Fiction

The Ballad of the Sad Café was a sordid love triangle between three characters. Miss Amelia cared for Cousin Lymon. Cousin Lymon was infatuated with Marvin, and Marvin loved Miss Amelia. It was a complicated relationship that left the protagonist devastated at the end. The protagonist of the story was Miss Amelia. Miss Amelia was a peculiar woman. She was outspoken, ruthless, prosperous and always in pursuit of suing someone in the county. However, the characteristic where not common for…

Introduction Gothic literature is a genre that is famous for focusing on horror, ruin, decay, the supernatural. The first gothic text that gave birth to the genre is believed to be Horace Walpole's 18th Century novel The Castle of Otranto. Some theorists believe that gothic writing was a response to the enlightenment period that had taken place just before the genre first became popular in the late 19th century. since its conception, the gothic genre has created some of the…

IntroductionGothic fiction is a genre whose "dominant mood is terror and suspense" and whose characters include an "ingenuous hero or heroine surrounded by mysterious or threatening individuals" (Kennedy 72). Greg Johnson's article "Gilman's Gothic Allegory: Rage and Redemption in "The Yellow Wallpaper", outlines a number of gothic elements in Charlotte Perkins Gilman's short story that could also be found in William Faulkner's short story "A Rose for Emily." Both literary works use specific gothic elements such as a distraught heroine,…

What is Southern Grotesque? When we talk about Southern Gothic literature, the word “gothic” pops out as describing something dark and dreary. In fact, in most stories written in Southern Gothic, there are usually characters who have dark agendas, or even to the point where they are even physically deformed. There are stories including, “A Rose for Emily,” “A Good Man is Hard to Find,” and “Good Country People” that show the Southern Gothic aspect but in different ways. This…

Gothic Elements in Tess of the d’Urbervilles Tess of the d’Urbervilles, is a novel written by Thomas Hardy. It highly relates to the trials of young girl that is trying to help her struggling family, and escape her past, all that with trying to find a husband for herself. Tess of the d’Urbervilles takes place in the countryside of England, and the entire novel is consisted of descriptions of scenes that are highly praised in Gothic novels. Since this is…

William Faulkner’s short story “A Rose for Emily” is brilliant for its mastery of suspense. The story makes proper use of a Gothic style throughout, which makes it one of Faulkner’s finest short stories. “A Rose for Emily” illustrates how one’s mind cannot be changed, even when faced with the end of one’s life. Emily Grierson, the main character of the story, remains distant from society due to the feeling that people are always intruding in her private life. She…