Red Rings commentary. Red rings is a gothic bedtime short story intended for avid gothic readers. It is intended for to be a prequel to Lady of the house of love.

Throughout the story speech used by The Lady and Grandma was imperatives, “Go out and buy rations”. The use of imperatives in speech, suggested authority which implicitly adds the awareness of the theme as Red becomes a higher authority. The use of tripling’s at the end of paragraphs, ‘Released Restored Rejoice’ emphasized on the point and emotion of the paragraph. Short and minor sentences, “Something sinister ahead.” “ she saw it” These were used in the begging of paragraphs or ending, to create suspense and pace for the reader. I adopted this technique from the werewolf.

Figurative language of simile’s and metaphors, “a rat crawled into a serpent’s nest” “her hair dropped like tears” The use of these techniques was inspired by the author of Lady of the house of love. It powerfully reinforced the emotion felt and the symbolic process. The use of sublime was an importance inspired from the Lady of the house of love,” Cold; gloomy, the sky a pitch black, whitened by its circular orb” In response to the sublime it is also used as pathetic fallacy that reflects the character’s emotion after a major point. The pace and rhythm of the above quote was inspired by Angela carter’s use of asyndetic listing to create pace and suspense.

Enjambments were inspired through the vivid graphology of ‘The werewolf’ that reinforced a point and emotion was use, to further create suspense the use of minor and short sentences. “She knew it was her grandmother’s”. The trajectory of the plotline is misleading using show not tell to reveal information on a present tense omniscient narrator. The false tension in the introduction to the Lady depicted research into the original text’s character, she fed on pubescent girls like Red, however in my story she is benevolent and an indication of foreshadowing the change of Red’s life. I.e tarots and the poem, these made the resolution an ungues- sable plot twist.

My investigation of Gothic literature inspired me to create text using all the techniques and styles I’ve learnt, creating infinite possibilities for the characters.