Theme Of Entrapment

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Many authors include the themes of violence and entrapment in their works in order to provide an understanding how the characters react and what they are feeling. Novels such as “The Black Cat” by Edgar Allan Poe, “Prey” by Richard Matheson, “The Feather Pillow” by Horacio Quiroga, and “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner incorporate a message of violence and entrapment. Overall, the authors imply these particular themes in order to bestow a sense of the characters emotions and allow the readers to sympathize for the victims. Furthermore, the idea violence can cause an uproaring of events, where certain circumstances become out of hand. Many gothic literature novels incorporate violence in order to exemplify the characters emotions. In …show more content…

For example, in the novel “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner, entrapment is conveyed through the idea of distance from the outside world. The main character, Emily, had “one region above the stairs which no one had seen in forty years” where a “man himself lay in bed (Faulkner 1074). Emily had kept a man named homer in her house in order to fulfill her needs of company. The author incorporates entrapment to portray the sentiment of the characters. In conjunction with “A Rose for Emily”, the novel “Prey” by Richard Matheson also associates entrapment into the novel in furtherance of the idea that being trapped can influence your actions. In the novel, the main character- Amelia- was trapped inside the apartment with a doll (who seemed to be possessed). While in the apartment “the door was held. Amelia reached quickly to the bolt. It had been shot. She tried to pull it free. It wouldn't budge” (Matheson 6). Amelias emotions were all over the place as she realized that she was trapped. The author includes entrapment in the text to display the characters fear through the situation. Lastly, in the novel “The Feathered Pillow” the main character experienced entrapment while a parasite was physically and mentally confining her. The main character “felt as though a million kilos were pinning her to the bed” (Quiroga 2). The character had been stuck in bed due to a

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