Analyzing Horror throughout the ages

Edgar Allan Poe’s “Tell Tale Heart” and Stephen King’s movie “The Shining” illuminates the Horror genre by using Deranged character plots and complex character structures. Edgar Allan Poe was the first in achieving this configuration that later writers such as Stephen King were able to continue in their literary works. We specifically see this connection with “Tell Tale Heart” and “The Shining”. Though Stephen King believed that the movie is no comparison to the novel’s character depiction in acting principle of the film, the plot and characters traits remains the same in reference to the novel.
Before Exploring the details of how “THE SHINING” Edgar Allan Poe “Tell Tale Heart” compare and contrast a description of each work is important to pinpoint the understanding of where these narratives coincide. Tell Tale Heart is about a man living with a disease that makes him sensitive to the sounds and elements around him. He claims he is sane yet the story entails a detailed description of how he murders his old companion because of his own demons. The movie THE SHINING based off the Stephen King novel, begins with a family having to stay at a hotel for a few months because the father, Jack Torrance, gets a job there as care taker. The family is informed of the previous caretaker murdering his family because of “cabin fever” after snowed in for months at the hotel.  Jack professes his love for his family and says he would not succumb to such an act of violence but later reneges on that statement by going on a murderous rampage.

 

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The elements of both narratives involve the artistic basis of creating fear and suspense for the audience when there is no real physical fueling these emotions. The narratives also shape the idea that these characters are perfectly sane beings and then shattering that persona with complex characteristics of insanity followed by wicked actions. Specific use of this tactic is displayed with psychological and supernatural nuance. The components of these narratives create an adrenaline rush followed by stunned reaction because of the events unfolding in a unpredictable way. Edgar Allan Poe was first to master this art in the Gothic horror in the late 1700’s and Stephen King continued this practice in the horror genre till this day.

 

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