The Red Room’ written by H.G.Wells is a short story that breaks from his usual science fiction by choosing a gothic horror for this epical short story.
A narrator, who is without a name, tells of his first hand experiences throughout the story. This is in contrast to ‘Miss Brill’ in which narrative is delivered in the third person, with the use of free indirect speech to depict the story and portray the characters. By Wells selecting a first person narrative he draws the reader closer into the character’s mind set. This gives Wells the ability to convey the primary characters full spectrum of emotional thought, from open mindedness to the conflict and fear within him. First narrative provides the reader insight to thoughts and observations therefore adding suspense of the unknowing into the gothic style.
With the use of short sentences such as ‘you go alone’ Wells, H.G. (p43-50) and ‘he corrected me in one particular’ (p44) Wells builds up tension that keeps the reader engaged and enthralled with unease at the beginning of the story. As with the narrator no names are given to three elderly occupants of the castle, this increases the reader’s suspicions by making it less personal
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With a low word count and deep sentence structure Wells focuses on a small group and a single plot over a short period of time. It fits to the rules of an epical short story by the use of realism throughout. This is confirmed by Wells ‘through the withholding of a part of the narrative’. (Unknown.2016). ‘The Red Room’ works well as a gothic novel due to the descriptive wording and by not personalising the characters. With the use of psychology Wells tappers into irrational fears a trait everyone has. Therefore, without personalising characters the reader can still draw on identifiable characteristics portrayed by the narrator. This in turn delivers an epical short gothic story that is timeless in its relevancy to
In the novel Atonement, the author Ian McEwan uses narrative voice to grasp the attention of the reader whilst alternating points of view to create a diverse plot. He does this through the novel being perceived as several narrators for us to then realise it’s one voice. McEwan uses prolepsis to hint at future events which he uses to intrude the story. In the same way, this is also an evident theme in E.M Forster’s a Room with a View. Similarly, to Atonement, A Room with a View has a thought-provoking narrative viewpoint in the sense that it is a bildungsroman about Lucy Honeychurch. Forster writes in an omniscient tone, which means that the characters are dictated to us his narration and the character’s dialogue; this debatably affects the reader’s sympathy to the other characters in the play like Cecil Vyse. Likewise, it is evident that authorial intrusion creates a high level of authenticity to the story.
The story does not start in The Red Room but in a communal room with a
“Let you look sometimes for the goodness in me, and judge me not.” A quote from Arthur Miller. During the 1950’s many people actually believed that to be true however they didn't quite think it was a good alternative so the people of the united states became terrified of the thought of communism invading their country. Arthur Miller wrote the play The Crucible as an allegory to the red scare because he saw history repeating itself
Michael Chitwood, the famous poet, once said, “Once the shooting starts, negotiations stop. Then it’s self-preservation.” Throughout life, people face many challenges where they must choose between right or wrong. Many selfish people tend to choose the wrong path while not caring about whom they step on in the way. This concept is mirrored in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, a work of historical fiction filled with the truth about the Salem witch trials.
The description of the old people creates a supernatural eerie sense in the book, The Red Room. They are described as though they are inhuman creatures. The word "pale" makes the reader think of ghosts as that is the common vision that people have of ghosts and the way they could look.
The red room is the scene of the next occurrence of suffering but in a
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“The seventh apartment was closely shrouded in black velvet tapestries that hung all over the ceiling and down the walls… But in this chamber only, the color of the windows failed to correspond with the decorations. The panes here were scarlet --a deep blood color.” This bold room evokes terror amongst its patrons and the reader.
The narrator in the story “Miss Brill” by Katherine Mansfield, is telling us this story in the third person singular perspective. Our narrator is a non-participant and we learn no details about this person, from a physical sense. Nothing to tell us whether it is a friend of Miss Brill, a relative, or just someone watching. Katherine Mansfield’s Miss Brill comes alive from the descriptions we get from this anonymous person. The narrator uses limited omniscience while telling us about this beautiful Sunday afternoon. By this I mean the narrator has a great insight into Miss Brill’s perceptions, thoughts, feelings, and into her world as a whole, but no real insight into any of the other characters in this story. By using this point of view,
Wells uses powerful description of the Red Room to create an atmosphere of fear and suspense.
The Exorcist tells the story of the young Regan that is presumably possessed by the devil. Her mother reaches out to a priest for help after many dokters failed to help her.
Edgar Allan Poe was a famous American author who specialised in short story and gothic fiction. One of Poe’s most famous works was The Tell-Tale Heart which explores murder, mental illness, cruelty and horror. The viewer becomes aware of the unprovoked mental challenges between characters which heightens the tension and fear, as darkness envelops the reader and the strong beating of a heart gradually grows louder. In order to create a more dramatic storyline, Poe has applied a range of narrative techniques including characters, point of view, setting, and theme, to amplify the intensity of the text and to elicit fear within the reader.
There are lots of better writer and novelist in the world who have given so many books and novels for reading, I have read some of them and some are discussed with everyone. There are famous writers like A. A. Milne, Ernest Hemingway, Mark Twain, Charles Dickens, J K Rowling, Lewis Carroll and the list does not end here. They have given books for fiction, Children’s Literature, Literature, plays, short stories, Biographies, Fantasy, Poetry, and so on… First of all, what is First person narration? The first person narration is ‘The Story is told by a character that participates in the action of the story itself. First person Narrative is used by an author who wants a personal/subjective/intimate point of view’. In this essay, I will discuss the ways that first person narration affects the overall story which contains many things like Plot, settings of the story, Characters, the point of view, tone, irony, and symbolism. The story also contains many things for the third person too. But apart from all this, I m going to discuss the effects of the first person three main points are on styles and variations point of view and benefits of writing in the first person. Some other points are displayed in front. First I will discuss the style and variations then everything else.
There are cultural differences in each culture, such as the eastern verses the western. There are other cultures as well as their own by understanding the norms and values of each culture to see how each are different and similar to one another. Eastern culture tends to be more traditional, orthodox because of the Asian culture and way of life. They have different norms and values; at a young age they are taught to respect elders and put honor, religion, integrity, and respect before themselves. Western culture is a bit more modern; they are not that strict on following the same way of life as the eastern culture. Both are different because they were both from different eras. Their cultures are different,
That was it. It was way too loud. Aiden slammed the mug onto the table to make his point. Steaming drops of cheap coffee erupted from the impact and flowed down onto the rotting wood. He was going to have to clean that up, and there wasn’t any Bounty left.