Compare The Ostler and The Darkness Out There Essay -- English Literat

Comp be The groom and The night Out ThereIn this essay I will study two stories - The Ostler, written in the19th century by a man called Wilkie Coliins, and The Darkness OutThere, by Penelope Lively, written in the 20th century. They are bothhorror stories, a genre which has been universal throughout the 19th, 20thand 21st centuries. This is perhaps because, since we are no eternalscared on a daily basis, as would have been the suit of clothes in medievaltimes, we need to find an artificial direction of creating the thrill.I will look at the similarities and differences between the way each(prenominal) falsehood is structured, the build up of tension, the settings and thecharacters. First I will summarise each story and look at their 19thand 20th century features.The Ostler is about an unlucky, not truly bright man who has a veryvivid dream on his birthday that a woman is move to kill him. Years modernr, also on his birthday, he meets this woman once again and getsengaged to her before he realises who she is. By the time his motherrealises, it is to late and he feels he has to marry her. She turnsout to be an alcoholic and whiz day, after she is particularly cruel tohim, Isaac hits her. She runs away, and comes back seven days later,on the night of his birthday, to try and attack him, in exactly thesame way as the dream-woman did. He manages to stop her and she runsaway again, this time never to be seen again, notwithstanding Isaac continues tobe terrified that she will return and kill him, especially on hisbirthday.The Darkness Out There is about two teenagers who are part of a groupwhich helps out anile people with things corresponding cleaning and gardening.They go to help one old lady and she tells them a how, in the war, shel... ...an peoplesminds.The stories are similar in that nothing too frightening actually happensin either of them. They are more about the characters fears.Personally, I care The Ostler less than The Darkness Out There , as itdeals with a more supernatural horror which only affects the characterin the story, and so did not have such an impact on me. I liked TheDarkness Out There as it makes you think, and it applies to everyone,which makes it truly chilling. At the terminate Sandra is changed forever.The wood is emptied of the fictional witches, wolves, tigers andprowling blokes, but this does not make her feel better. The old fearswere in a way comforting - It was cosy to think of Packers End,where you werent, but the new fear cannot be shut out or fleefrom because it is a part of her, a part of every human that is fitting of unspeakable horror.