Commonality

p COMMONALITIES IN POE 'S `THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO ' AND LAWRENCE 'S `THE ROCKING HORSE WINNER

Edgar Allan Poe and DH Lawrence were both known for the genre of their stories - the latter being an expert in the gothic genre , and the former being a master of the eerie short story . Both , although , very different in style , have very uncanny similarities in the tone characterization , and plot manifestation of their stories . For purposes of delving deeper into the stories of these two it would be best to first understand what tone , characterization

, and plot manifestation mean . Tone is defined as the attitude that the story creates towards the subject matter (Bedford ) In other words , it is the feeling that a reader gets when reading a particular piece of fiction , the feeling being due to the way the story is told and the atmosphere that the story creates . Characterization is the way that the author fleshes out his /her characters in the story (Bedford ) It is a technique used by the author to create lifelike characters and to define the role of each of these characters in any kind of story (Bedofrd ) Plot manifestation is the way that an author unfolds the plot of the story (Bedford There are many techniques used to manifest the plot , and the most common would be foreshadowing , which is the technique where the author leaves a trail of very subtle clues all throughout the story , giving the reader a very discreet idea of how...