Monthly Archives: October 2016

The system of Dr. Tarr and prof. Fether is a very strange story compared to all the novels we’ve read so far. Very unique if I may so. This story illustrates lots of bizarre, ridiculous scenery. It brought my attention … Continue reading →

Having read a couple of Edgar Allan Poe’s work before I knew this story was going to be interesting. I had already imagined there would be a surprising turn of events towards the end of the book while reading the … Continue reading →

In “The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether” by Edgar Allan Poe, Edgar writes about the topic of mental illness. The setting takes place in an insane asylum and the narrator wants to know how things worked. It was … Continue reading →

Even before reading The System of Dr. Tarr and Prof. Fether I had extremely high exceptions because Edgar Allan Poe is such an amazing writer. The language he uses to describe the setting and each character is truly gothic. I … Continue reading →

The system of Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether was oddly funny, which is probably why it is considered dark humor. However, the ideas discussed in the story were not so funny. The whole idea of the system the soothing not working and … Continue reading →

The System of Dr. Tarr and Prof. Fether by Edgar Allan Poe was my favorite story from the class so far. The book taking place in an asylum made me feel extremely anxious, because asylums are usually known for their … Continue reading →

There are connections between Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde that considerably alters the way that we view them independently. Towards the end of the story we see the story through the eyes of Dr. Jekyll, and the way that he … Continue reading →

In all honesty I’m not interested in this book compared to the others. I feel like all the gothic features that happened in Frankenstein really captured the difference of gothic literature. From my understanding, in Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, … Continue reading →

Overall the Novel Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson, is nothing but endless suspense throughout. Its incredibly chilling and has many more Gothic features than any other novel from the course so far. One of the most interesting and … Continue reading →

I cannot help but feel Stevenson’s novel, Jekyll and Hyde, is a story about repressed homosexual desire. The “trapped in the closet” story. For many years, gay people had to hide behind the shadows of society. For this discussion, let’s … Continue reading →