Horror Science Fiction

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How protagonists face death & horror in three stories. Examines Edgar Allan Poe's THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER, H. P. Lovecroft's THE COLOUR OUT OF SPACE, Stephen King's THE RAFT. Poe's use of atmosphere to create a sense of horror. Lovecroft's use of color as a character to build the tone of horror. King's use of gore in telling his story.

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"All fiction is fantasy and takes place in the realm of the imagination. Fantasy and Science Fiction, however, as genres of fiction, contain themes about quests that take the reader farther abroad in the realm of imagination as the protagonist travels through fear and impending death to the goal of his/her quest. In Dark Fantasy (also known as Horror), a sub-genre of Fantasy and Science Fiction, the quest is about the confrontation of the protagonist with fear and death (Roberts, 2001, p. 31). The protagonist does not always survive this crisis. This paper will explore how Edgar Allan Poe, Howard Phillips (H. P.) Lovecraft and Stephen King describe the quest of the protagonist through death and horror in their short stories "The Fall of the House of Usher," "The Color Out of Space," and "The Raft."


Poe uses atmosphere, rather than gore, to create a visceral..."

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