Genre Essays

This essay is written to compare the tension between these two stories, ” The Red Room” by H G Wells and the “Farthing House” by Susan Hill. To do this differences and similarities between the stories must be compared, by looking at certain aspects of the story that effects the tension in the stories. These […]

This poem by Thom Gunn, tells a story of a man dreaming about a conversation between himself and another incarnation of himself. The other man is a red-coat and seems bloody and tortured, but he keeps on chanting ‘I regret nothing’ and some variations of it.The man arrives in a cave, and goes to sleep, […]

The Red Room, which is the pre-1914 text, is entirely set within a large country house. On the first page the house is clearly described to the reader including “a creaking door”, “a queer old mirror” as well as revolting characters with grotesque physical deformities such as “a withered arm” and “decaying yellow teeth”.Farthing House […]

Penelope Lively and H. G. Wells both wrote stories with large similarities even though they were written in completely different eras. The two main characters in ‘The Red Room’ and ‘The Darkness Out There’ stories both go on stories of self-discovery and realization, although they are placed in different situations. Lively creates a character called […]

I have chosen to compare The Red Room by H. G. Wells and The Monkeys Paw written by W. W. Jacobs. In The Red Room, there isn’t a ghost but it’s about a man who is overwhelmed with fear when he spends a night in a haunted room. There isn’t a ghost in The Monkeys […]

Typically, when perusing a ghost story, one may observe that the tale transpires in a dark and secluded site, frequently during nighttime. The apparitions typically consist of individuals who have perished amidst misfortune or wrongdoing. Ghost tales commonly aim to induce fear and discomfort in readers, often by employing suspenseful tactics and gradually escalating tension […]

‘The Red Room’ by H G Wells (1896) and ‘Farthing House’ by Susan Hill (1992) are two short ghost stories written in different centuries and in different styles. Both stories have similarities and differences in different areas such as language, atmosphere and setting. I will look at these similarities and differences and analyse them, deciding […]

In 1896, H G Wells wrote ‘The Red Room’, a tale about a conceited man who visits a dilapidated house inhabited by strange elderly tenants. His purpose is to debunk the notion that the titular room is haunted. Upon arrival, he encounters an odd trio, including a man with a crooked mouth and an old […]

‘The darkness out there which I will refer to as ‘The darkness’, and the Red Room are both short stories in which fear is used to engage the reader, but fear is used in different ways in both stories. The beginning of each story starts in a very different way. The Darkness begins peacefully with […]

The two novels I’m comparing are Paper bird and Gilbert’s ghost train. Paper bird is the portrayal of a struggle of a boy, Adam, through amid poverty and violence to keep some semblance of normality and love in the life of his family. Gilbert’s Ghost Train is about Martin and his dying brother, Dally, having […]

The Signalman written by Charles Dickens in 1866 is a short story that falls into the gothic fiction genre. This particular style of writing combines elements such as the supernatural, castles, darkness, madness and the unknown. At the time the story was being written, the industrial revolution was in full force. This had a huge […]

We were inspired to create a supernatural performance after watching ‘Woman in Black.’ Our piece was based on texts from Hamlet, Othello, Romeo and Juliet, and Macbeth. Our theatrical piece was characterized by a bold and comical style. It stood out because all of the actors were ghosts except for one, resulting in a unique […]

No one questions the fact that William Shakespeare is a pure genius when it comes to creating immortal characters whose characteristics transcends those of the normal supernatural beings, but most students of literature agree that his uses of the supernatural arent merely figments of his creative imagination. Every man, woman, and child is influenced by […]

In this place, one can experience a life filled with destruction. Time seems to have no effect here since the discovery of a monstrous creature that embodies an evil spirit. This malevolent being haunts the area and is particularly menacing during morning rain. The creature weighs less than 2,000 pounds but fearlessly roams to satisfy […]

Hamlet’s Character 1In the original version of the famous play Hamlet, written by William Shakespeare, the character Hamlet, Prince of Denmark son of the late King Hamlet and nephew of the present king, is a melancholy protagonist and the main character of the play. This is also the case in two other movie versions of […]

Beloved has been the subject of various interpretations. Some perceive her as the Devil or a savior, while others simply see her as Sethe’s deceased child returning to torment her. In my opinion, all of these notions partially capture her true nature, but they are not entirely accurate. This narrative is not about the concepts […]

The song “Hail Mary” by Tupac Shakur has sparked continued interest and attracted much criticism. Tupac’s application of the eternal theme of the struggle between good and evil to the cycle of prey vs. predator that is showcased in “Hail Mary” is unique and incorporates heart, mind, body and soul. Tupac explores the catch 22 […]

Introduction “Power is everywhere and comes from everywhere so in this sense is neither an agency nor a structure.” (Foucault, 1998:63) Social and gendered subaltern voice due to the misuse of power has been waged largely and long embedded over cultural practices, historical accounts and literary texts of both Asian and Western. Social discrimination advocates […]

Vampires Never Die is the title of the essay written by Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan, but it is also a statement that is true in multiple ways. Earlier in history people heard tales of them or read books were they encountered vampires, nowadays they will visit you on your TV- screen, in books, […]

Susan Hill introduces Arthur Kipps as an Old man. Living tucked away in a nice house in the countryside with a large loving family around him Kipps is the image of a man who has had a comfortable life with no bumps in the road. He is a man of habit and finds pleasure in […]

Act III Scene IV, popularly known as the Banquet Scene sees Macbeth and his wife playing as the perfect host and hostess in the solemn banquet following Macbeth’s coronation in Act II Scene IV. Macbeth plays the humble host and mingles with the assembly giving ‘first and last the hearty welcome’. Lady Macbeth is gracious […]

The two poets Grace Nichols and Sujata Bhatt have experienced cultural alienation. The three poems ‘Island Man, Hurricane Hits England’ and ‘Search For My Tongue’ all explain how the poets immigrated and felt about the new surroundings which were distant from her homeland and culture. The poets all had a secondary theme, for example in […]