The Devil and Tom Walker

Tom Walker lived near Boston, Massachusetts. He was in a bad marriage. He and his wife didn't like to spend time with each other. The wife had a fierce temper and was loud. There is a story about Kidd the pirate who buried treasure under a big tree in the swamps. Tom decided he would go look for it and when he did He found a skull and a tamohawk a little under the ground. Tom picked it up and a large black man sitting on a tree stump told him to put it down. The black man offered the treasure to Tom, but he decided not to take it and went home. He told his wife about the man and the treasure. She gathered some stuff and went into the forest. She came back after a while and gathered more things and went back. She never returned and after a few days, Tom went to look for her. He saw her apron in a tree. Inside the apron were her heart and liver. The black man offered the treasure to Tom again as a deal with the devil, but Tom had to do something in return for the treasure. He must become a usherer in the town and charge high interest. There were 3 knocks on his door at work and it was the black man. He grabbed him from his horse and they rode off to the swamps..

The Masque of Red Death

The prince was trying to avoid the plaque. They were at the ballroom having a good time and than the prince realized a strange Dark character. He had one of his men go over and ask the man with the weird appearance to take a hike.Well that was the wrong thing to do In the story a man with a Mask kills everyone and the clocks of Abbey stop clicking.

Danse macabre

The big bug behind the door. In this book it really focuses on the suspense and when it leads up to the suspense wheather your ready or not it will scare you. Allegory is a form of extended metaphor, in which objects, persons, and actions in a narrative, are equated with the meanings that lie outside the narrative itself. The underlying meaning has moral, social, religious, or political significance, and characters are often personifications of abstract ideas as charity, greed, or envy.
Thus an allegory is a story with two meanings, a literal meaning and a symbolic meaning.

The Raven

The Raven is a poem by Edgar Allen Poe that tells a story about a man that is grieving over his lost love. A raven appears and sits in his room, speaking only "nevermore." The Raven also makes Lenore very said because she realizes she will be alone forever...

The fall of the house of usher

The narrator goes to the house of Usher to visit an old friend. It is a big house and only the friend and his sister live there. They are the last of the Ushers and are both quite sick. The house seems to be dying with the family. Roderick gets nervous about everything and his senses are all extreme. He can't listen to anything but string interments, or eat anything but bland foods. His sister has spells where she looks like she is dead. She will go into a coma like stage and nobody really knows if she is alive or dead. While the friend is visiting Roderick buries his sister alive on purpose. He wants the family to be gone and everything to be destroyed.

Mark twain

Marks real name-Mark Twain's real name was Samuel Clemens. Mark twain is also a phenomenal author his 2 best books were Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Mark Twain's books are very controversial because it deals with his life and other people have different have views and don't see eye to eye with him.


Interesting facts- He has a lot of fondness for cats. As I said before his real name isn't Mark Twain it is Samuel Clemens. He also worked as a printer when he was in his teenage years. Also when Mark was young he served in the American Civil War. At one time, he worked as a steam boat pilot. He also worked as a gold checking person and as a journalist. He was well appreciated as a lecturer and his method of story telling was praised by many. His stage presence was also appreciated widely. I think its amazing how much other stuff Mark Twain did and still had time to be one of the most popular authors ever.

Irony in literature is a technique of indicating, as through character or plot development, an intention or attitude opposite to that which is actually or ostensibly stated.

Jules Verne was a French author who helped pioneer the science-fiction genre. Mark Twain and Jules Verne were both very good authors and they lived in the same time.






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http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/irony

Gothic lit

Gothic literature- Is characterised by grotesque characters,Bizarre situations, and violent events. Originated in Europe.

Romanticism- Limitations of reasons, celebrated individual spirit, emotions, imaginations as basic elements of human nature, supernatural.

Splendor of nature inspired the romantic more than the fear of god.

Their works exhibit a typical romantic preoccupation with atmosphere sentiment and optimism

Transcendental- was based on a belief that transcendent forms of truth exists beyond reason and experience.

Ralph waldo Emerson believes you can do it on your own through intuition.

AM Gothic
cavernous Gothic cathedrals with their irregulars placed towers and their high stained grass windows were intended to inspire awe and fear in religious worshipers.

Gargoyles carving of small deformed creatures at the corner of cathedrals.
was Gothics mascot.
threshold of the unknown that showdown region where the fantastic the domestic and the inside reside.
Dark side of individuals
romantics see hope
Gothics- see potential evil
Dark evil castles
decaying ancient estates- were the setting for weird and terrifying events.
plot involved situations not just murder, but live barriers, physical and mental torture and retribution from beyond the grave.
For Po it was only in extreme situations where people revealed there true nature or colors.
Hawthorne examined the human heart under various conditions of fear,greed, vanity, mistrust and betrayal.