To begin with, both stories, “The House of Asterion” and “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” have gothic elements involved. In “The House of Asterion” the main character Asterion is fearless as he doesn’t care about what others think about him even if they accuse him for his arrogance and madness. The story is taking place in a labyrinth which it’s his house who he describes to be a maze as there is an infinite amount of rooms. He believes he has his own world as he describes himself as someone who’s unique. It seems like if he is to be writing a journal as he states everything he does since he feels trapped at home. The gothic element here is that though he is a minotaur, every nine years, nine people are sent to his house which I found confusing to then realizing he is delivering them from evil. I believe that is the reason to why he doesn’t feel so lonely due to the fact that he then kills them. I find Asterion to be pretty psychotic as he does that to please himself and perhaps find it as an accomplishment.

Now the story of “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” is based on the old man as he was discovered by Pelayo along with his wife Elisenda on their courtyard. The oldman looked homeless and sick, he is a protagonist. Many people in the village are amazed by the oldman as it was surreal, so they question if it is a good or bad thing, they were willing to pay to see him. The gothic element here is how no one knows where this mysterious old man came from, he looked like he had a near death experience. He speaks a language no one understands. Father Gonzaga is the village priest and finds the old man to be either a fallen angel or a message being sent from heaven. Yet Pelayo and Elisenda believed that the oldman (angel) appeared because of their sick child. Towards the end, his feathers began to grow around December where he was able to fly while Elisenda was cutting onions so she kept watching him till it wasn’t possible for her to see him, she then claimed he was no longer an annoyance in her life. I strongly thought the oldman was just a part of their imagination.