Gothic Essay – The Cask of Amontillado
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Choose a story from the syllabus and examine the paranoia or altered state of consciousness exhibited by one or more characters from that story. Use a pivotal scene from the story to illustrate the conflicts between the “real” (publicly agreed-on) world surrounding the characters and the behind-the-scenes or alternate reality they have discovered, or inhabit.
By “pivotal” scene, I mean a scene that introduces important characters or information, a plot twist or development, an important change in a character, or a change in the relationship between characters. A pivotal scene may also involve a confrontation of some sort, or an important loss, gain or discovery. The climax of a story is a pivotal scene, of course, but there are other such scenes in every story. Your main idea (thesis statement) should explain how the character’s paranoia helps shape the story’s action and the reader’s understanding of the subject matter. The essay should be a minimum of 500 words long
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Gothic Essay – The Cask of Amontillado
Choose a story from the syllabus and examine the paranoia or altered state of consciousness exhibited by one or more characters from that story. Use a pivotal scene from the story to illustrate the conflicts between the “real” (publicly agreed-on) world surrounding the characters and the behind-the-scenes or alternate reality they have discovered, or inhabit.
In the Cast of Amontillado, there are several aspects of Gothic which is similar to the American Gothic Fiction. The scenery contains a draft setting familiar to the Gothic literature. The house where it takes place in catacombs Montresor has been in the family for long.
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