American lit

The present paper is designed to compare Faulkners short story A Rose to Emily to the writings of the same genre by Poe and Hawthorne in order to identify the similar criteria, attributed to gothic literature. First of all, it is necessary to pay attention to the depiction of the physical and material dimensions, employed by the agents, as or so of them refer to pessimism, inescapable decay and hopelessness. For instance, Faulkner provides the details of Emilys ageing When we next saw Miss Emily, she had grown fat and her hair was turning gray (Faulkner, 2001,Part IV), which fecal matter be parallelized to the really gradual expiration.Hawthorne, in The Birthmark uses dark imagery, e. g. , late one night when the lights were growing dim (Hawthorne, 2002) in order to imply the depravity and darkening of the protagonists conscience and morality. Poe, in The Black Cat, employs the images of night and the black color is order to create the impressions of fear, and similarly to the o ther two writers, moral and mental degeneration. Another important component of Gothic literature, used by the writers, is sinister mystery.Faulkner in the introductory paragraph states that the whole city gathers at the protagonists funeral through a sort of respectful affection for a fallen monument (Faulkner, 2001, Part I), so that the reader is puzzled by the possible reasons for such behavior, Hawthorne introduces his protagonist as a peculiar person, a gifted scientist with a mysterious and ambiguous personality, whereas Poe at the very beginning cues at the intrinsic adversity of the events to be presented, as they have terrified have torturedhave destroyed (Poe, 1999) the main(prenominal) character.Finally, all authors employ mental overthrow as a vital aspect of Gothic literature Faulkners Miss Emily literally keeps skeletons in her bed, Hawthornes Aylmer is obsessed with a single idea, the removal of the birthmark from his wifes cheek, whereas Poes protagonist in The Black Cat, addicted to alcohol, experiences extremely grave fits of anger and aggression, extending his negative emotions to the innocent creature. attempt 2.The present paper focuses on the realistic and non-judgmental and non-pissing depiction of the protagonist in Neighbour Rosicky. First of all, it is important to note that the author easily managed to provide a portrait of a righteous and kind-hearted person, who is, however, ordinary and poorly-educated villager. The overall tone of the short story is friendly and down-to-earth, which probably also points to the protagonists nature as his wife, Mary, believes, Anton Rosicky was her man, and the kind of man she liked.She was rough, and he was gentle , city-bred, as she always said. They had been shipmates on a rough voyage and had stood by each other in assay times (Cartherm 2002, Part II). In addition, the man manages to develop his agricultural business and rich certain affluence, beginning literally with nothing, which po ints to his resistibility and strong survival skills. Finally, he is very committed to his family and continues teaching and transferring knowledge to his children even after they have grown into adults.It is possible, however, to suspect a high degree of sentimentalism in the depiction of the decay of the main characters kind heart, but the author emphasizes the meaning of Antons attitude towards the hardships he encounters starving, suffering from poor economic security, he in his unfledged years managed to ascend over the circumstances and maintain his easy-going and supportive nature thus, when learning the doctors verdict about the possible length of his life, he shows optimism and insists that he is not going to give up the regular agricultural activities.The protagonists last words probably reflect his enthusiastic and fondness nature I like mighty well to see dat little child, Polly (Carther, 2002, Part VI), which means, the old mans optimism, desire for living and pursuit in earthy and family issues lasts as long as his own physical life.To sum up, the author successfully completes the goal of realism, associated with depicting practical, simple-minded people without any(prenominal) extravagancies, but with intrinsic ability to remain socially and psychologically productive. The short story resembles a memory about an old friend rather than an ode moreover, the author manages to avoid another extremity and eliminates the traces of sentimentalism through stressing the main characters viewpoint concerning his approaching death.Works cited Carther, W. Neighbour Rosicky. 14 December 2002, Faulkner, W. A Rose for Emily. 11 May 2001, Hawthorne, N. The Birthmark. 9 September 2002, Poe, E. The Black Cat. 21 July 1999,