How do you define the horror genre and it’s characteristics of what it contains? My perspective of how the genre of horror is categorized. Many people describe the horror genre as being related to monsters, well that’s not so, all of the horror genres contain the five elements of the horror genre, but not all deal with monsters. Like the monkey’s paw and the tell-tale heart, most horror genres contain the elements; fear, surprise, suspense, mystery, and spoiler. These elements give the horror genre a great sense of horror because whoever reads or watches horror will have a sense of sitting on the edge of their seat. This is caused by suspense because they want to know what is going to happen next.
Most or all texts of the horror genre contain fear. According to the example from the tell-tale heart, when the old man heard the young man’s hand slip from the lantern he had the fear and the conclusion that someone was there in the room. This is an example because he was scared that something is about to happen.Another example from the monkey’s paw was when he was sitting looking into the fire and he saw a face so horrible and so simian that he
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The first example is in the tell-tale heart after he killed the old man and the police came and he kept a great composure. This is suspense because you would wonder why would be so nice to you. The second example was in the monkey’s paw when the sergeant told him to throw it back on the fire. This is suspense to me because you would wonder why he would want him to throw it back on the fire, what was wrong with it? The last example from the tell tale heart is when he was pacing around the floor with long strides. This is suspense because it gives a hint or clue that something is mentally wrong with that person or something is going on. The suspense part of the horror genre is my favorite because it leaves you on the edge of your seat wondering what is going to happen