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Definition of Setting
Setting is where and when a story or scene takes place. The where can be a real place like the city of New York, or it can be an imagined... read full definition
Setting is where and when a story or scene takes place. The where can be a real place like the city of New York, or... read full definition
Setting is where and when a story or scene takes place. The where can be a real place like the... read full definition
Setting
Explanation and Analysis:
The settings in each of these 11 tales are crafted with careful detail to put the reader off-balance. These settings include gothic ancestral manor homes, cargo ships waylaid by mysterious storms, old abbeys, the hallowed halls of educational institutions, the isolated countryside, and a few locations on the European Continent (Paris, Rome, etc.). With each setting, Poe deliberately builds an eerie sense of disquiet that destabilizes the reader. These locations are often very old or bear some sort of religious or spiritual connection (often they are a combination of these three), and this transports the reader to another dimension where they may be properly invested and horrified in turn.
