Assignment The Time Of Carnival

Running head: ENGLISH 111
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Name of the University:
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Part 1:
“The Cask of Amontillado”
The Cask of Amontillado or The Casque of Amontillado is a short story written by Edgar
Allen Poe, which was first published in the year 1846. It was published in Godey’s Lady’s
Book in the month of November.
Plot:
The story takes place in an unnamed Italian city at the time of Carnival. It has been developed
and surrounded by the main protagonist, named Montresor. He wanted to take revenge on his
friend, Fortunato because he believed that man had insulted him. The story has been depicted
from the murderer’s point of view.
Characters:
The main characters are Montressor, Fortunato, Luchesi and the servants.
Themes:
The themes are revenge, the folly of pride, and paradox.
Literary movements:
The literary movement, as well as genre, dealt with Gothic literature, which was focused on
ruin, terror, death and chaos.
“The Birthmark”
The story “The Birthmark” is a short story written by an American writer, Nathaniel
Hawthorne which was published in the year 1843 (Mary 2015).
Plot:
The story is focused on the narrator, Aylmer, who shifts his focus from his career and wants
to get married to a beautiful girl named Georgiana. The only problem that took place was the

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birthmark on his wife’s cheeks which he wanted to remove it permanently. The narrator made
numerous attempts to remove the birthmark due to which he prepared a portion to erase it.
Fortunately, the mark got erased, but he lost his wife.
Characters:
The main characters are Aylmer, Georgiana and Aminadab.
Themes:
The themes are obsession, quest for perfection and science versus nature.
Literary Movements:
The story deals with two literary movements, such as Puritanism and Gothic literature.
“Bartleby, the Scrivener”
The story Bartleby, the Scrivener: A story of Wall Street is written by an American author,
Herman Melville, in the year 1853.
Plot:
The story is focused on a Wall Street lawyer who hires a new clerk. The clerk, later on,
refuses to do any work such as tasks or making copies.
Characters:
The characters are the unnamed lawyer, Bartleby, Turkey, Nippers, Ginger Nut, Hunilla,
Oberlus, Amasa Delano, Benito Cereno, Babo, Atufal, and Alexandro Aranda.
Themes:
The main themes are isolation and the failure to provide effective communication.
Literary Movement:
The story is based on the most significant literary movement which is Romanticism.

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“The Open Boat”
The Open Boat is a short story written by an American writer, Stephen Crane, which was
published in the year 1897.
Plot:
The whole plot is surrounded by the personal experiences of the writer Crane, who had
survived a shipwrecked in the coast of Florida. He was selected as the newspaper
correspondent in Cuba. Crane, along with three other men, somehow managed to navigate
their way towards the shore in a small boat. One of the men got drowned but the author
successfully managed to survive.
Characters:
The characters are the correspondent, the captain, the cook, and the oiler.
Themes:
The main themes are survival, fate, nature versus man and society serves as the harsh reality.
Literary Movement:
The literary movement was Naturalism.
“The Yellow Wallpaper”
The yellow wallpaper is a short story written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, which was
published in the year 1892 (Mary 2015).
Plot:
The story is focused on the unnamed narrator, who has been struggling with mental illness.
She was suffering from temporary nervous depression and has been taken care of by her
husband John. The narrator gets obsessed with the yellow wallpaper and thinks that a dark
figure is behind that wallpaper. Somehow she tries to free that figure and ultimately loses her
consciousness.