Question 1
What is Southern Gothic Romanticism? How do the two stories and their authors exhibit Southern Gothic traits? How do these stories and their literature compare to Romanticism and Gothic or Dark Romanticism?
Answer
Southern Gothic Romanticism is a type of american literature that is based in the south and it is a subgenre of gothic fiction. The authors used more details on where the characters are. They also showed the good and bad side of the main character. Romanticism is a expression of feelings of the writer. Gothic Romanticism has the expression but it has horror mix into the writing. Gothic Romanticism is a combination of fiction, horror and Romanticism. Gothic romanticism writing has more fluff than Romanticism.
Question 2
In “A Rose from Emily”, why do you think Miss Emily’s crime goes undetected until her death? Identify at least three contributing factors and support them with reference to the story.
Answer
The towns people felt sorry for Miss Emily because the only thing she had was the house. "At last they could pity her." And she had "no taxes in Jefferson". That fact that she was just a lonely women probably made it harder a her.
Question 3
Flannery O'Connor the author of "The life you save may be your own" said that the hitchhiker Shiftlet picks up at the end 'makes the story work'. How do you think episode with the hitchhiker does this?
Answer
Shiftlet picks up the hitchhiker because he preferred not to being alone. Then he starts talking to the boy about his mother but then he started about Lucynell. "He took her from heaven and giver to me and I left her." It's like the saying " you don't know what you had until you lost it." It makes the story work because Shiftlet realize what he did. So in a way the hitchhiker helped him see that.
