In this passage from “Meeting the Mugger” by Norma Fox Mazer, a girl named Sarabeth is leaving her house because she got in an argument with her mother. She decides to go for a walk late at night. The author creates a setting that makes the situation very suspenseful and creepy. The author uses phrases like, “the street was empty of people”, and “a few stores with shuttered windows, some old boarded up warehouses”. This makes the setting very creepy.
It is unusual in a story for the setting to serve the function of a character. In the novella Ethan Frome, the setting takes on a major role by mirroring the evolving mental state of Ethan Frome, the story’s reticent protagonist. The author Edith Wharton, uses the literary element of imagery to incarnate the inanimate setting in order to serve as an additional character. The imagery Wharton uses describing the snowy New England countryside, gives the reader the ability to observe Frome seeing the world at first, as colorless and hopeless. Later, Wharton uses imagery about the setting again, to reveal Frome’s transition to seeing that same world as brilliant and auspicious.
Setting The setting in “The Ghost of Crutchfield Hall” is a big part of the story. The main place where the story happens is the big scary mansion named Crutchfield hall. “People in the village think Crutchfield hall is haunted. Did you know that?”
Not only does the setting set the mood of the movie but it may give you an idea of the characters in the film, for example, If the setting was a very classy, very expensive house, with everything luxurious about it you would think that the characters in the movie are going to have high expectations, maybe a bit stuck up. Or if the setting was in an old run down abandoned house you would think that the characters are probably broke or in debt/little money, they might be grubby or unclean and so
Stevenson uses his setting to create a sense of mystery and danger. An example of this could be his use of personification: “a certain sinister block of building thrust forward its gable”. The verb “thrust” is violent and is usually used for people, therefore making the house seem alive and adding to the sense of mystery. Another example of his personification is where he says the house has a “blind forehead”. A “forehead” brings back the link to a person, and a “blind forehead” would be a person with no eyes, which is unnatural.
The setting of a story can be useful in placing and describing the location of the plot to not only keep the story grounded, but to also give details to the characters and their personalities. The story “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” written by Robert Louis Stevenson, uses the settings and locations to help describe and represent the opposing personalities of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in the larger narrative. Using a dark and eerie setting while showcasing a character like Hyde helps bring out the mysterious character traits that he portrays, whereas using a setting that is more defined in a lighthearted place to help bring out Jekyll’s character encourages the contrast between the two characters. When the character Mr. Hyde is first introduced through another character named Mr. Enfield, Enfield describes the setting of the meeting to be eerie and dark, “about three o’ clock of a black winter morning, and my way lay through a part of town where there was literally nothing to be seen but lamps” (Stevenson, pg.6). As this is the reader’s first introduction to the character, the setting of the location reflects that Mr. Hyde may be a more mysterious character.
W. W. Jacobs, the author of the short story "The Monkey's Paw," uses setting to convey a spooky atmosphere. The story starts off with "Without, the night was cold and wet," which indicates that there is a storm outside. It sets the story's setting in a gloomy and depressing atmosphere. The story takes place on a rainy night, with wind howling outside and rain hitting the windows. The storm increases the feeling of isolation from other people and creates a further sense of discomfort, as if nature were collaborating with the evil forces at work.
The setting shapes the mood and tone of a story and has a great affect on what happens in a story. The setting influences the events that take place, how the characters interact and even how they behave. Settings show where and how the character lives, what they do, and what they value. Characters have a relationship with the setting just as much as they do with other characters in the story. This is seen in the effects the setting has on the development of the Character Elisa in the story “The Chrysanthemums.”
Additionally , the house that the narrator mentions is illustrated as “ mansion of gloom “ which might be a sign that the aura of the house has something dreadful in it. However , the Narrator reveals something important about his first impression for the house by saying “ I looked upon the scene before me , upon the mere house, upon the bleak walls , upon the vacant eye-like windows ( 3 ).To illustrate , the words such as “ air of heaven , silent tarn , mystic vapor “ used as a reinforcement for making the ambience of the house as gloomy. In fact , in the light of these facts , it could be said that the house has an darkness appearance which might be an indication of its mysterious atmosphere.
Writing to compare In Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher” and Julio Cortazar’s “House Taken Over,” the setting were similar because they both took place in a creepy house . However, in Poe’s story, the setting is in a creepy, almost broken down house. By contrast, Cortazar’s setting takes place in a big house that was very clean.
The setting in “Rip van Winkle”, in the beginning of the story, was being mentioned by the author about the changes happened to the mountains and hues in every change of season, weather and even hour which indicates some magical element in the place that the author is about to tell. With this being mentioned in the story, the readers will know that the setting of the story is not some kind of place that they are familiar with or a place that they have seen before. The readers will suspect that the setting of the place is exist or not based on the description of the author about the story. Meanwhile, in “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”, the setting is a bit mysterious and a bit magical too.
This quote makes it clear that the way the man has come into their house is very supernatural. Both of these quotes make it apparent that the man is not like everyone else. In conclusion, the story “Where is Here” fits in with American gothic literature. The story clearly has a bleak and gloomy setting.
Maggard 1 Cole Maggard Johnson English 1 6 November 2014 Character compare and contrast Esperanza from House on Mango Street, Melinda from Speak, and Jean Louise from To Kill a Mockingbird, are very interesting characters that seem to not share many characteristics in each of these novels. These three girls were the main characters of their own books, and in each of these books we learned that they don’t have a lot in common. The personality that these three have just shows how different they are. Here are just a few examples that make these three girls different.
The setting determines the tone and mood of the story. It also motivates the characters to make the choices that they do. Along with motivating the characters, the setting leads to the overall theme of the story. The setting is the strong foundation that the rest of the story is built upon. Without a setting, there could be no
The mood of the story helps define its plot. The mood set here by the author is lonesome, gruesome, and eerie which tells the readers about the nature of the story. The mood also changes from a little creepy to a horrific and shocking one, especially towards the end of the story. This mood is clearly seen in the following lines – “impelled by some mysterious impulse of their nature,” and, “He lived in a house of logs surrounded on all sides by the great forest, of whose gloom and silence” lets the readers to imagine what kind of story this will be.
