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acter of Poe himself and the tenor of
the story; "he had a fine eyes for
colors and effects. He disregarded
the decora of mere fashion. His
plans were old and fiery n his
conceptions glowed with barbaric lus-
ire. There are some who would have
thought him mad? The aspect of
terror and love of the supernatural is
found in this story. Poe was influ-
enced by Hoffman and Tieck who dis
covered that mental terror is more
effective han physical. The method
used in this story is the German.
The Masque of the Red Death has
a very short introduction. The open
ing paragraph gives the effect of
tragedy and throughout the story. the
words are chosen for that impression.
The effect is made stronger by the
general description, by the contrast of
black with bright colors and by con
trast of happy life with CHASTITY death.
Poe has directed every part to a pre-
established design. The whole story
was well planned and all the words
and details were chosen to produce the
effect of tragedy before he ver touch
ed his pen to his paper. Also the
story is brief and it has f~inality be-
yOnd which nothing more can be said.
All Ol llGHt Clldl dCl6IlSllC6 uGlD u
make up Poe's contribution to the
short story. Hawthorne emphasized
the moral but Poe cared everything
for form. Besides the characteristics
that Poe named in the ideal short
story, this genius apart, made the
short story a greater art form by his
poetic rythms, his keen appreciation
of art and his constituencies to music.
Poe was truly a great master.
Bret Harte is to be remembered in
the American story for deliberately
choosing local color. Hawthorne and
Poe presented strong local color in
some of their tales but it was merely
incidental. Bret Harte chose subjects
from American life in an American
field.
Bret Harte's noble story "Outcasts
of Poker Flat simple. tender. ele-
mental is a splendid example of loca.
color. In this story. the scene is laiC
in Poker Flat and the mountains O
Sierra Nevada in California, giving az
trOduced were peculiar to that region
Also the dialect and customs of thes,
characters present local color.
The story has the moral tenor lik,
Hawthorne's but of a different sort
The theme is more hopeful than an,
of Hawthorne's. namely that Bre
Harte's theme proves that "Goodnes.
is dormant in characters which seen
utterly bad" Realism and romanc
are side by side in this story. TIL
realism is the truth to frontier lf
from which Bret Harte drew his ma
terial. On the other hand. the 70
nance consists in %picturing life unde
most unusual conditions and the high
ar trt,th thaf - D-anIofp,E aEO.f,o.t- .
Poker Flat" contains all the mai
characteristics of Poe's and Haw
thorne's stories with the addition c
local color.
Frank Stockton's stories of a dis
tinctly interesting character stand on
clearly in the development of tn
American short story. His famou
story, "The Lady or the Tiger ha
left a riddle to the world which on1
can be answered by correct analyst
+ of human nature, and we still asl
was it the Lady or the Tiger?" TIL
new characteristic introduced h
Stackton in THE Lady or the Tiger
e and other tales, is the element of SUI
e prise. In this story. Stockton frs
( gives a clear general explanation of
n certain custom and then he tells or
S certain instance of that custom. +
leads you to the climax like his gre;
n predecessors but when the reader e,
poets to be told the outcome of Il
e story, the author most unexpected
n asks him to solve the puzzle himseI
G Then Stockton goe on in gener
V paragraphs. giving arguments on DO
n sides and one side seems as strong al
z puzzling as the other. Then he co
cludes, was it the lady or the tiger
o. Henry also combined all the cha
acteristics of his predecessors in Il
d American short story but yet his sto
les are radically different. The mate
d ial in the short stories for the mo
e part before o. Henry was vague al
faraway. in fact removed from actu