Outline for my essay: “The Yellow Wallpaper” Charlotte Gilman and “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge”

Intro:

• Introduce the genre of Gothic Fiction.
• Incorporate the specific aspects of Gothic Fiction that I will use to prove my thesis.
• Add my thesis according to the stories I’ve chosen.
• Define terror and its significance to my thesis.
• Define horror and its significance to my thesis as well.

Body: The Yellow Wallpaper

• A brief summary of the story The Yellow Wallpaper.
• Bring in the gothic terms of terror and horror and how they work into the story to prove thesis.
• Talk about the terror aspect that is shown in the story.
• Give evidence from the text.
• Connect back to thesis

Body: An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

• Give a brief summary of the Story An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge.
• Bring in the gothic terms of terror and horror and incorporate how they work into the story to prove thesis.
• Talk more about how the aspects of terror and horror are shown within the story with provided evidence from the text.
• Connect back to thesis.

Conclusion:

• Summarize the stories and how they connect with my thesis.
• Bring back the points I made to further prove my thesis once more.
• Then conclude with a brief summary on how terror and horror were key factors in both stories.