Gothic – a genre of fiction characterized by mystery and supernatural horror
-Gothic writers concocted wild, frightening scenarios in which mysterious secrets, supernatural occurrences, and characters’ extreme duress conspired to create a breathless reading experience.
-A combination of horror and romance
-A novel in a style emphasizing the grotesque, mysterious, and desolate
In the short story “A Rose for Emily,” the style of writing was Gothic. “Then we noticed that in the second pillow was the indentation of a head. One of us lifted something from it, and leaning forward, that faint and invisible dust dry and acrid in the nostrils, we saw a long strand of iron-gray hair,” the ominous signs of Homer’s murder like the bad smell, the purchased suit, the purchased rat poison, Homer’s disappearance, and Emily not allowing anyone in the house are examples of Faulkner's use of Gothic style in the short story. Emily's drastic reaction of murder to not receiving affection from Homer is as well an example of Gothic elements in "A Rose for Emily." Things like Emily's house and Emily herself deteriorating over the span of the story of Emily's life after her father's death display a Gothic style also.
We thought that you gave pretty good examples for how the story is gothic, and we appreciate how you defined the term "gothic", however in the third sentence of your paragraph, it seemed to run on a bit. Maybe for your last two sentences you could of embedded another quote to make your thesis even stronger. We were wondering why you think the house itself is gothic?
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Gothic – a genre of fiction characterized by mystery and supernatural horror
-Gothic writers concocted wild, frightening scenarios in which mysterious secrets, supernatural occurrences, and characters’ extreme duress conspired to create a breathless reading experience.
-A combination of horror and romance
-A novel in a style emphasizing the grotesque, mysterious, and desolate
In the short story “A Rose for Emily,” the style of writing was Gothic. “Then we noticed that in the second pillow was the indentation of a head. One of us lifted something from it, and leaning forward, that faint and invisible dust dry and acrid in the nostrils, we saw a long strand of iron-gray hair,” the ominous signs of Homer’s murder like the bad smell, the purchased suit, the purchased rat poison, Homer’s disappearance, and Emily not allowing anyone in the house are examples of Faulkner's use of Gothic style in the short story. Emily's drastic reaction of murder to not receiving affection from Homer is as well an example of Gothic elements in "A Rose for Emily." Things like Emily's house and Emily herself deteriorating over the span of the story of Emily's life after her father's death display a Gothic style also.
We thought that you gave pretty good examples for how the story is gothic, and we appreciate how you defined the term "gothic", however in the third sentence of your paragraph, it seemed to run on a bit. Maybe for your last two sentences you could of embedded another quote to make your thesis even stronger. We were wondering why you think the house itself is gothic?
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