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Compare And Contrast Tell Tale Hart And The Sandman

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Gothic Fiction Essay

”Tell-Tale Hart” by Edgar Allen, ”Don 't Ask Jack” by Neil Gaiman and ”The Sandman” directed by Paul Berry are all examples of gothic fiction. Gothic fiction started in 1765 and was created to scare the reader using elements of fear, horror, death and gloom. ”Tell-Tale Hart” is a text about a person who kills an old man because his eye is driving him crazy. ”Don 't Ask Jack” is an about a Jack in the box in a rundown nursery who tells the children something that haunts them for life. ”The Sandman” is a film about a creature who sneaks into a child 's house. He taunts them, then sprinkles dust on their eyes and takes their eyes.

Setting plays a big part in the creation of mood Gothic Fiction. All of the texts are similar because the story takes place at night in large houses. The stories take place at night because it makes the story be creepy. The story is made creepier with the nighttime setting because the characters canon’t see and lots of people have a fear of the dark. ”The Sandman” and the ”Tell-Tale Hart” also have …show more content…

”Tell-Tale Hart” and ”Don 't Ask Jack” use metaphors and similes to make a mood by describing how it looks and sounds make it feel like you are there which creates a sinister mood. The similes and metaphors compare two things together which makes you think what is happening in the story.”The Sandman” uses lighting, camera angles, music and sound effects to create a sinister and menacing mood. The camera angles are used in ”The Sandman” really make the watcher really feel like something bad is going to happen, which creates a menacing mood by not knowing what is going to happen. Stylistic techniques help the stories create a mood through the text or film which is made to scare the

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