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- 1. Horror and Suspensein Poe’s stories and movies Name : Gausvami Surbhi A. SEM : 3 Paper no : 11, American Literature Submitted to: Dr. Dilip Barad, Department of English, MKBU university. Roll No: 23 Enrollment No: 2069108420170008 Email id: gausvamisurbhi17@gmail.com Batch-year: 2016-18
- 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
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- 6. 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
- 7. The Fall ofthe 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
- 8. 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 abuser • Second cat
- 9. Horror and Suspensein Movies
- 10. Setting • Haunted House •Forest • Graveyard • Isolated buildings • Basements
- 11. Atmosphere • Dark night •Loneliness • Uneasy Atmosphere • Unidentified Areas
- 12. Sound • Create certainatmosphere • Powerful impact • Highlights • Movements of characters • Breathtaking • Creaky Doors • Eerie Music and whispering • Sound of Animals
- 13. Lighting and Colour •Dark lighting • Low lighting • Black • White • Gray • Red
- 14. Fear • Ghost • Witch •Fear of unknown • Fear of loneliness
- 15. Mystery • Crime Mystery •Psychological Suspense • Suspense • Puzzle • Secret
- 16. Themes • Supernatural • Alien •Murder • Psychological • Suicide • Childhood problem • Nightmares • Demons • Good v/s Evil