Author Archives: itariq

“The Yellow Wallpaper”Charlotte Perkins Gilman had a mysterious and queer feeling. The narrator herself admits she is suffering from depression, yet her husband John keeps telling her she just needs rest and doesn’t seem to want to deal with it. … Continue reading →

Edgar Allan Poe is known for writing famous tales of horror and mystery. I knew “The System of Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether” was going to be story that was going to be mysterious and was going to be written … Continue reading →

Robert Louis Stevenson was able to show Gothic literature to the audience in Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. As I read the book the setting was able to bring that spooky and gave that anticipation to the readers, what was … Continue reading →

When you think of Dracula you think this creepy monster, who is this pale color,with sharp senses, and is an outsider that leads humans in his trap. Yet when I read Dracula, he was depicted as scary but seems like to … Continue reading →

As I’m reading the book “Frankenstein”, as time and time again Victor indecisive decisions, seems to not only cause misery to himself, but to his family and friends. Victor doesn’t seem to take anyone else opinion into consideration when making his decisions, … Continue reading →

In the beginning, I sort of was familiar with gothic literature, but very vaguely. When I began to read “The Castle of Otranto” Horace Walpole I was able to see how this book portrayed gothic literature around the 1800s. The … Continue reading →