Fantastic Uncanny Approach

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FANTASTIC-UNCANNY APPROACH IN THE ANALYSIS OF

SELECTED SHORT STORIES OF EDGAR ALLAN POE

A ThesisPresented to

The Faculty of the College of Education

University of Rizal System

Morong, Rizal

In Partial Fulfillment

of the Requirements for the Degree

Bachelor of Secondary Education

Major in English

OLIVIA L. GALLARDO

MARJAY B. DE LEON

CATHERINE C. RAPSING

MAY ANN D. BETITO

JIREH L. RODRIGUEZ


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Abstract

This research was conducted to show

how Edgar Allan Poeexemplifies the

Fantastic-Uncannyin his selectedshort stories. The study was

conducted during the Academic Year

2009-2010at the University of RizalSystem.


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Abstract

The research design used in thisstudy is descriptive-qualitative

methodsince it primarily aimedto analyze the selected short

stories of Edgar Allan Poe that

show the fantastic-uncanny.


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Abstract

The data of the study were gatheredthrough the discussion of the stories

using the problems covering the

characteristics of Fantastic-uncannywhich include having scenes that imply

hesitation between the natural and

supernatural, and the logical reasoncontrasting the said hesitation.


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Abstract

And the illustration of the fantastic-uncanny

traits in the elements such as

characterization, the way in which the

writer portrays the characters in the story,setting, which refers to the period of time

or the place in which the events of a story

occur, themewhich refers to the main ideaof the story and plot which pertains to thesequence of events.


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FIGURE 1

Conceptual Model Showing Fantastic Approach in Edgar Allan Poes

Selected Short Stories


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Statement of the Problem

1.What are the scenes in the story that implythe hesitation between the natural and

supernatural laws?

2.What is the logical explanation behind this

hesitation as implied in the text?3.How did Edgar Allan Poe illustrate the

fantastic features in the elements:3.1 characterization;3.2 setting;3.3 theme;3.4 plot?


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PRESENTATION,ANALYSIS AND

INTERPRETATION OF

DATA


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Hesitation Logical Explanation

Sound heard by the

narrator

The narrator is mad. The

sound of the old mans

beating heart takes place only

within his own tortured

imagination.

The logical explanation on the hesitation Scenes that implyhesitation between natural and supernatural laws

THE TELL-TALE HEART


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The logical explanation on the hesitation

THE BLACK CAT


Marking of

the gigantic

cat on the

wall

The fall off of walls trampled over the dead

cat along by the substance of a freshly-

spread plaster and because of the mixture of

white paint, the combustion, and ammonia

from the carcass of the cat resulted the

image he saw on the wall.

The return

of the BlackCat

Pluto had not a white hair upon any portion of

his body while this cat that he saw had a

large white spot that covered the entire chest

of the cat. As a result of his assessment on

the cat he deduced that it was not really

Pluto.


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The crying

sound from

the wall

When the police opened the plastered wall

they saw the narratorswifescorpse and on

top of it is the cat who loudly screeched

thus causing the crying sound from the wall.

The Cat on

top of the

decayed wife

The cat who witness the crime hid as the

narrator plastered his wife in the wall of the

cellar. Due to the structure of the cellar that

can be easily dislodged, the cat can easily go

through the crumpled brick. As a result the

cat stays on the decayed body of the

narratorswife.

The logical explanation on the hesitationTHE BLACK CAT


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Ghost seen by

Roderick during

the storm

It is a natural phenomenon caused by the

fog and the tarn.

Sounds heard bythe narrator

It was produced by Madelines breaking

free from the dungeon after she woke up

from catalepsy. The loud thump is

Madelines pounding on the coffin, thegrating sounds are the iron hinges

opened desperately and the clanging is

the fall of the iron door.


THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER


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Madelines

appearanceafter the burial

After eight days of burial, Madeline becomes

conscious and awake from her cataleptic

malady. The sounds of her struggle and herbloody robes prove this act.

The Fall of theUsher House

The zigzag fissure found from the roof of the

house down into the tarn and the crumbling

wall of the house proved that the mansioncan collapse any minute. As the storm

proceeds throughout the night the lightning

hit the zigzag mark that cause the house to

collapse.




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Illustration of the Fantastic features in the elements

THE BLACK CAT

Characterization Setting

narrator Pluto

white-patched cat

~(first house) ordinary, wellconstructed with a garden

outside

~ (second house)old with a

cellar, dark, damp and more like

a haunted house


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Theme Plot

alcoholism

guilt revival

punishment

murder

~ The narrator blinded Pluto and hanged it on

the tree where it died.

~ The narrator with his wife moved on the other

house after the fire.

~ The narrator found another cat and adopted

it.

~ The narrator tried to kill the cat but it resulted

to killing his wife instead.

~ The corpse hidden by the narrator in the wall

was discovered due to a loud shriek.


THE BLACK CAT


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Narrator

Old man

~ The mansion of the old

man

~The masters bedroom

of the house


THE TELL-TALE HEART


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Theme Plot sanity and

insanity

fear

obsession

~ The narrator shares that he fears the old

mans vulture-like eye and because of this

he plots to kill the man.

~ Every night he visits the old manschamber but finds the eye close.

~ At the eight day of the ritual, he found

the old mans eye open and therefore

killed him.~ He hid corpse under the floorboards.

~ The narrator confesses his crime when

the police visited because he said that he

hears the old mans heart.


THE TELL-TALE HEART


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Roderick Usher Madeline Usher

Narrator

~ The Usher mansion, a

picture of a decaying

haunted house.




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Theme Plot

decay

death

premature

burial

~ The narrator arrived at the Ushers

house to comfort Roderick Usher from

his disease.~ Roderick and the narrator talked about

Madelines disease.

~ Madeline is announced dead and they

prepared to bury her.~ Madeline reappeared on the eight day

after the burial.

~ The Usher house crashed into the tarn.




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SUMMARY OF

FINDINGS,CONCLUSIONS, AND

RECOMMENDATIONS


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Summary of Findings

1. The hesitations between the natural and thesupernatural laws were presented in the

three stories of Edgar Allan Poe, and as the

fantastic-uncanny approach had implied thatunusual events of the story can be explained,

Poe has taken account logical explanations

on these hesitations.2. Fantastic-Uncanny features are illustrated in

the characterization, setting, theme and plot

of the selected short stories.


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Conclusions

1. In Edgar Allan Poes short stories,

he always presented scenes with

hesitation between the natural andsupernatural occurrences. Behind

these hesitations, he also provided

the corresponding logicalexplanation.


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Conclusions

2. Edgar Allan Poe utilized the fantastic

features in his story through the following

elements: characterization, setting, theme and

plot. Those elements work together toconvinced the reader that those concepts

conveyed natural world that we are living but

as the story goes on, those features help to

develop hesitation that highlighted the

Fantastic-Uncanny approach.


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Recommendations

1. Conduct a follow-up study on the otherworks of Edgar Allan Poe.

2. Other works of Edgar Allan Poe may be

conducted using other variables or otherapproaches like Formalism and

Structuralism.

3. Expose the English Majors/Students tovaried short stories for literary analysis

to enhance their critical thinking skills.


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Insights

The stories of Edgar Allan Poe

presented realities about human life

existence. Often, man encountersunusual occurrences in life and he may

aid such hesitations with his or her

logical explanations to reveal the realworld they are living.


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Insights

As the researchers conduct this study,their aim is to offer logical explanation

to enlighten the unusual incidents in

the story of Edgar Allan Poe. It

depends upon the decision of the

reader to ponder in their own beliefs:are the events natural or

supernatural?


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