When we look deeper into the de la Poer’s character we begin to discover some other weaknesses‚ aside from the desire to consume other human beings. Similar to Edgar Allan Poe‚ Lovecraft had a tendency to write about more than what was on the surface. His focus was more centered on the interior‚ what was on the inside (Oates). One of the ideas that he incorporated into his work is pride. In de la Poer’s case‚ the pride is aimed towards his family’s estate. If he had not relocated across the country
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Looking at “The Outsider”‚ it has a narrator in a First Person Point of View‚ and he is often unreliable. The narrator of “The Outsider” often shows his low level of knowledge‚ as stated in the text by H.P. Lovecraft the narrator says “From such books I learned all I know. No teacher urged or guided me‚ and I do not recall hearing any human voice in all those years - not even my own; for although I had read of speech‚ I had never thought to try to speak aloud.” This sentence he states shows us the
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I thought the lady creeping behind the wallpaper was real and some kind of supernatural entity. The writing style and the narrator’s descent into madness made me think of a H.P. Lovecraft story about the Cthulhu Mythos. I thought it was a good story that kept you guessing if the creeping lady was real or not all the way up until the end. I think this story is a good example of a possibly unreliable narrator since she has been diagnosed
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Frankenstein written by Marry Shelly follows the story of Victor Frankenstein and the consequences he faces after creating a terrible monster. “The Rats in the Walls” a short story written by H.P. Lovecraft the Narrator discovers the horrifying secret city under his family home. These works are both classified as gothic literature following many reoccurring themes from the genre. Secrets and madness are seen throughout both Frankenstein and “The Rats in the Walls”. Frankenstein after creating
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Supernatural Elements in English Literature: The Werewolves A werewolf‚ also known as a lycanthrope‚ is a mythological or folkloric human with the ability to transform into a wolf or an anthropomorphic wolf-like creature‚ either purposely or after being placed under a curse and/or lycanthropic affliction through a bite or scratch from a werewolf‚ or some other means. This transformation is often associated with the appearance of the full moon‚ as popularly noted by the medieval chronicler Gervase
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H. P. Lovecraft once said‚ “From even the greatest of horrors‚ irony is seldom absent.” In fact‚ irony is used very often in horror stories. One story that this is particularly overt in is Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado”. In “The Cask of Amontillado”‚ Poe utilizes irony to create dark humor by writing Montressor’s intentions to kill Fortunado at the beginning of the story‚ and then making light of the whole situation. The first case of irony is that Fortunado was dressed as a fool.
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(Biography of Stephen King). As a child King witnessed a friend being struck by a train‚ but having no memory of it being in shock later finding out about the child’s death. Later in life King discovered a paperback collection of short stories by H.P. Lovecraft‚ King described finding this book "I knew that I’d found home when I read that book." Throughout his writing career King has been awarded for many of his works including ‘Cujo’ winner of the British Fantasy Award in 1982‚ ‘Misery’ winner of the
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exchanges gifts‚ played soccer; body retrieval; last act of chivalry in war; humanity Marshall Plan: initiative to aid Euro Euro economies after WW2 to prevent spread of Communism; rebuild‚ remove trade barriers‚ modernize industry; H.P. Lovecraft: end of Newtonian physics‚ war depression‚ intellectual uncertainty‚ wrote about fict. Horror of unknown; imagination‚ decay of civil.‚ human insignificance Josephine Baker: US → FR; singer‚ dancer‚ actress; first black to star in major motion
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The Crucible Jadynn Epker “The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear‚ and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.” (H. P. Lovecraft). The Crucible‚ written by Arthur Miller‚ is set in a controversial religious part of history that uses strict morals and disquietude to install panic of the unknown. In The Crucible‚ the reader can see that Abigail is a depraved‚ vengeful‚ manipulative‚ evil minded young girl who uses fear and spite to dictate the world around her
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gave me sort of a reluctant outlook on books. When I got to Highschool books were practically a foreign entity. During my senior year this changed drastically. I was introduced to books I cared about and found interesting. The great writer H.P. Lovecraft had one of the greatest impacts on me as a writer. I found the eldritch abominations to be fascinating as I read through the complex array of words. Reading about the cosmic entities and complete madness in some of his works hooked me. I enjoy the
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