For this essay, you will conduct an in-depth analysis of one work of fiction tha

For this essay, you will conduct an in-depth analysis of one work of fiction that we have read, focusing on how its Gothic elements reveal a deeper meaning or theme in the text. Here are key Gothic elements you can choose from (don’t try to cover all of them; just choose those elements that are most significant in the story you’re writing about):
Decay
Ambiguity
Transgression (particularly with relation gender and sexuality)
Alienation
Monstrousness
The Uncanny
The Sublime
Isolation
The Arcane/Archaic/Romanticized Past
Madness
You may write about any of the short stories we have read, which are:
“The Masque of the Red Death” by Edgar Allan Poe
“The Fall of the House of Usher” by Edgar Allan Poe
“The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
“The Spider” by Hanns Heinz Ewers
“The Outsider” by H.P. Lovecraft