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The present paper is designed to compare Faulkners short accounting A move to Emily to the writings of the same genre by Poe and Hawthorne in ramble to identify the similar criteria, attri thoed to gothic literary productions. First of all, it is necessary to conciliate attention to the depiction of the physical and material dimensions, employed by the causalitys, as most of them refer to pessimism, inescapable declination and hopelessness. For instance, Faulkner provides the details of Emilys agedness When we next saw Miss Emily, she had expectant fat and her hair was turning gray (Faulkner, 2001,Part IV), which can be parallelized to the actually gradual expiration.Hawthorne, in The nevus uses dark imagery, e. g. , late one night when the lights were growing dim (Hawthorne, 2002) in order to imply the degeneration and darkening of the admirers sense of right and wrong and morality. Poe, in The Black goose, employs the images of night and the black color is order to c reate the impressions of fear, and similarly to the other two writers, moral and psychic degeneration. some other important component of Gothic literature, used by the writers, is sinister mystery.Faulkner in the introductory paragraph states that the whole city gathers at the protagonists funeral th gawky a sort of respectful affection for a go monument (Faulkner, 2001, Part I), so that the reader is puzzled by the mathematical reasons for such behavior, Hawthorne introduces his protagonist as a peculiar person, a talented scientist with a mysterious and ambiguous personality, whereas Poe at the very beginning cues at the intrinsic adversity of the events to be presented, as they upset terrified have torturedhave destroyed (Poe, 1999) the main character.Finally, all authors employ mental disorder as a vital aspect of Gothic literature Faulkners Miss Emily literally keeps skeletons in her bed, Hawthornes Aylmer is obsessed with a single idea, the removal of the birthmark fro m his wifes cheek, whereas Poes protagonist in The Black Cat, addicted to alcohol, experiences extremely grave fits of offense and aggression, extending his negative emotions to the innocent creature. Essay 2.The present paper focuses on the existent and non-judgmental and non-pissing depiction of the protagonist in Neighbour Rosicky. First of all, it is important to tone that the author easily universeaged to provide a portrait of a guileless and kind-hearted person, who is, however, ordinary and poorly-educated villager. The overall tone of the short layer is friendly and down-to-earth, which be interchangeable also points to the protagonists nature as his wife, Mary, believes, Anton Rosicky was her man, and the kind of man she liked.She was rough, and he was gentle , city-bred, as she always said. They had been shipmates on a rough voyage and had stood by each other in trying clock (Cartherm 2002, Part II). In addition, the man manages to develop his agricultural busine ss and sizeable certain affluence, beginning literally with nothing, which points to his resistibility and strong survival skills. Finally, he is very committed to his family and continues teaching and transferring knowledge to his children even after they have grown into adults.It is possible, however, to suspect a high degree of sentimentalism in the depiction of the decay of the main characters kind heart, but the author emphasizes the consequence of Antons attitude towards the hardships he encounters starving, suffering from poor economic security, he in his young years managed to ascend over the circumstances and confirm his easy-going and supportive nature thus, when learning the doctors verdict some the possible length of his life, he shows optimism and insists that he is not going to give up the regular agricultural activities.The protagonists last linguistic communication probably reflect his enthusiastic and caring nature I like mighty well to see dat little child, Po lly (Carther, 2002, Part VI), which means, the quondam(a) mans optimism, desire for living and interest in coarse and family issues lasts as long as his own physical life.To sum up, the author successfully completes the goal of realism, associated with depicting practical, simple-minded people without any extravagancies, but with intrinsic ability to remain socially and psychologically productive. The short story resembles a memory about an old friend rather than an ode moreover, the author manages to avoid another extremity and eliminates the traces of sentimentalism through stressing the main characters viewpoint concerning his approaching death.Works cited Carther, W. Neighbour Rosicky. 14 December 2002, Faulkner, W. A Rose for Emily. 11 May 2001, Hawthorne, N. The Birthmark. 9 September 2002, Poe, E. The Black Cat. 21 July 1999,