Category Archives: Response 9

The Lovecraft short story, “The Rats in the Wall” is a shining example of what I always held to be Gothic literature. Being a fan of his writing I am naturally biased in my belief however having taken this course … Continue reading →

This story was a different version of Gothic than I expected. With our transition to the American Gothic the ideas of racism and and segregation   would be a more profound Gothic trope. The ideas that this story presents is … Continue reading →

The story “A rose for Emily” leaves a much more bitter taste in ones mouth than all the previous short stories. The fact that after Emily’s death they find Homer’s corpse, and signs that she would sleep in the same … Continue reading →

“A Rose For Emily” was a pretty interesting read. In the story I find the theme that makes this gothic is the fear of loneliness. I say this because as you can see Emily was royalty so she wanted to … Continue reading →

The rose for Emily was definitely had a different feel compared to the other gothic stories that we have all read. As I was reading the story I was thinking what is gothic about it. Until I finished the story. … Continue reading →

I actually liked this story, I thought it was very interesting. The Stories that we have been reading recently seems to be more realistic and deal with mental illnesses and horrors of reality rather than superstition. The story was pretty … Continue reading →

At first while reading this short story I was confused about the timeline. I was not too fond of this story because I felt it was hard to follow at certain points but I did enjoy the ending and felt … Continue reading →

After reading A Rose for Emily, I was left wanting more out of this gothic short story. Granted, some parts of the story did include elements which could categorize this story within the gothic genre, it just wasn’t as good … Continue reading →