horror and suspense of poe's short stories

1. Name: Keraliya Kajal
Roll no: 18
Paper-10 : American Literature
M.A: Sem-3
Enrolment no: 2069108420180030
Year: 2017-19
E-mail id: Www.kajalk1@gmail.com
Submitted to:
S.B. Gardi Department of English
Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji
Bhavnagar University
Horror and Suspense in Poe’s Short Stories

2. Edgar Allan Poe
• Edgar Allan Poe
was an American writer,
editor, and literary
critic.
• January 19, 1809-
October 7, 1849
• “Father of short stories”
• Considered part of the
Romantic Movement

3. Themes
• Supernatural
• Alien
• Murder
• Psychological
• Suicide
• Childhood problem
• Nightmares
• Demons
• Good v/s Evil

5. The Tell-Tale Heart
Horror
• Midnight
• Lightness and Darkness
• “Vulture Eyes”
• Mad Narrator
• Sound of Door
• Beating Heart
Suspense
• Irrational Behavior
• Vision for Murder
• Living together
• Relation between narrator
and Old man
• Police investigation
• Narrator’s dilemma

6. The Fall of the House of Usher
Horror
• Darkness at the beginning
• Usher House
• The Storm
• Wall with hanging shield
• Barking of Dog
• Madeline wearing white
clothes
• Entombing of Madeline
• The falling of House
Suspense
• Strange behavior of
Roderick Usher
• Mysteries House
• Madeline’s death
• Narrator’s unawareness
about his friend’s sister

7. The Black Cat
Horror
• Black Cat Pluto
• Psychological aspects
• Perversity of narrator
• Fantastic elements of cat
• Violence
• Murder
• Screeching of cat
Suspense
• Foreshadowing
• Unreliable Narrator
• Reason of his death
• Animal a buser
• Second cat

8. Atmosphere
•Dark night
•Loneliness
•Uneasy Atmosphere
•Unidentified Areas

9. Sound
• Create certain atmosphere
• Powerful impact
• Highlights
• Movements of characters
• Breathtaking
• Creaky Doors
• Eerie Music and whispering
• Sound of Animals

10. Lighting and Color
• Dark lighting
• Low lighting
• Black
• White
• Gray
• Red

11. Fear
• Ghost
• Witch
• Fear of unknown
• Fear of loneliness

12. Mystery
• Crime Mystery
• Psychological Suspense
• Suspense
• Puzzle
• Secret