A short story is an ideal and widely used form of horror literature, and Edgar Allen Poe is one of the most outstanding writers of the Gothic Horror Story in the literary world. His short story is a typical work of this type and has stimulated horror writers for decades. This is an excerpt from his famous work "The Tell Tale Heart". If you tap the door of the library lightly - it looks like a grave's tomb, and a small toe enters. His expression was full of fear, and he trembled with me, arsearse, speaking in a very low voice. What did he say? - I have heard broken sentences. He told a crazy scream that disturbs the silence of the night - a sound that the family gathers - then he blushed the eroded grave so the blindfolded appearance was not clarified The body is still breathing - still in my heart - still alive!
The purpose of this paper is to discuss how three Victorian writers use the characteristics of Gothic Horror to create an ominous prophecy atmosphere in short stories. The three stories that I would like to explore are yellow wallpaper, red room and monkey's legs. The red room uses the characteristics of the most traditional Gothic horror. It is completely like a Gothic horror. Because it was placed in "Lorraine Castle" and is "abandoned for 18 months". - Tell Tale Heart and The Red Room are two short stories sharing the type of Gothic Horror Story. They are all in the 19th century, but these plots are very different from each other. Tale Tell Heart tells the story of a man moved by the landlord's eyes, The Red Room is a story about an ignorant man whose distrust of ghosts spend the night in a ghost room. Sinister result