Literary Elements In The Short Story 'Grey Matter' By Stephen King

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Do you like creepy and somewhat scary stories? Well in the short story “Grey Matter” by Stephen King could actually be classified as a gothic lit. piece. The story would be a gothic lit piece because of the gloomy decaying setting, supernatural beings, heroes and intense emotions. The story has an example of gothic lit elements. One would be gloomy decaying setting. In the short story Grey Matter the setting would be Richie's apartment because of the way it is described in the story. An example from the text would be “Two windows were pitch black. Like somebody put blankets over the window” It would be described as old and abandoned like nobody lives there. This would contribute to being a gothic lit because how the setting is pictured in the reader’s mind. More so as Gloomy and creepy odd looking. …show more content…

element. Another example would be supernatural beings. In the story there is one example of a supernatural being. The supernatural being is the gray blob Richie. An example from the text would be- “It took him a minute to get his eyes adjusted to the gloom. An’ then he seen a great big gray lump, not like a man at all. Slithering over the floor.” This contributes to the whole gothic lit thing because a supernatural being would be in the category of maybe creepy or dark. Grey Matter may have a gloomy decaying setting and supernatural beings but it also has a hero. Grey Matter also has another example of gothic lit Elements. Another would be heroes. There would only be one hero and that would be Henry. Henry is considered a hero because he helped out Timmy when he didn’t have to and help save his friends. An example from the story that show his heroic actions would be when he defended off the others while the gray thing was attacking. This would be considered a gothic lit part because Henry defended others while being attacked by a

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