Gothic Elements In The Feather Pillow

Gothic literature is a genre associated with horror, mystery and terror they play a key role in providing elements that could frighten and impress the reader. The story "The feather pillow" is a one of the Hispanic gothic literature that has all the components that represent gothic literature (mystery, terror, super natural) that startles the reader. “There are stains on the pillow that look like blood” (Quiroga). “Jordan felt the hair rise on the back of his neck” (Quiroga).
Horacio Quiroga in this short story always keeps the reader in suspense questioning throughout the story what is happening to Alice as the story takes an unexpected twist at the end “night after night, since Alicia had taken to her bed, this abomination had stealthily