Similarities Between A Rose For Emily And Then There Were None

Gothic Literature is full of different elements, and all Gothic Literature stories have a lot of similarities and some differences. And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie is about ten guests who are brought together to a mysterious island just for all of them to get murdered by one of the guests who thought the people brought to the island that committed crimes did not get enough punishment. However, in “A Rose For Emily” by William Faulkner, it is a completely different plot. Since Emily’s father’s death, she has changed from a happy women to a sad and depressed one. As a result, her sadness led her to murdering the only other man who loved her just as much as her father did. Similarly, the novel and story both involve murder and suspicion

which are elements of Gothic Literature.
In the story, And Then There Were None, murder was the main idea as you can say.

It was also filled with suspicion because none of the guests that got sent to the island knew they were being led to their death. The murderer ended up being one of the “guests” that were invited to Soldier Island and felt the need to murder those people because they did not get enough punishment, he felt like it was what needed to be done. Likewise, in “A Rose For Emily,” suspicion and murder were big aspects. She murdered an innocent man who just simply loved her because she couldn’t let go of her dead father. When the man randomly disappeared, Emily was the main suspect. It was true that Grierson poisoned him and kept his body to decay in her upstairs room with all their wedding things.

In addition, “A Rose For Emily,” has somewhat of the same setting as And Then There Were None. The short story took place in a small, isolated town that no one has really heard of. In the novel, the setting was on an isolated island where barely anyone knew anything of it. They both were set in isolated areas and where it was not familiar to anyone. They both have elements of Gothic Literature, and the authors in both story and novel distinguished them very

well.
On the other hand, the novel and story had completely different plots. Even though they both involved murder, And Then There Were None had a lot of people getting murdered and at the end of the story, it was a plot twist because one of the guests who were “invited” was actually the murderer himself. In the short story, “A Rose For Emily,” there was only one man that got murdered and at the end of the story, the citizen’s guess that Emily Grierson killed the man by poisoning him ended up being completely correct, the citizens realize she isn’t that innocent and sweet girl anymore.
As you can see, most Gothic LIterature novels and stories relate to one another. “A Rose For Emily” and And Then Were None have several similarities to one another, but also have differences. The novel and short story have the same idea as the setting and the same main idea, murder. The difference they had was how their plot was, the novel had a lot more murders than the short story involved. Also, in the novel, the ending was unexpected and no one could had guessed what was going to happen but in the short story, you had a pretty good idea that Emily Grierson was the murderer of Homer Barron.