“The adventure of

the german

student”

By Whashington Irving

Whashington Irving

1783-1859• American author of the early 19th centuary.• He was also a prolific essayist, biographer and historian.• He spoke against the mistreat of native american tribes by europeans and americans.• Gained European recognition as America's first genuine man of letters.

Story

Author

•His story is a kind of critic what he feels about the french revolution.• He made Gottfried characterize himself.

•The scenes of blood impacted his sensitive, and disgusted him with the society. • He made Gottfried characterize as a radical man and lack of reason balance such as the radical revolutionist of the french revolution.

The main characters***Gottfried Wolfgang***

• Young Student from the German University.• A young too shy melancholy and ignorant of the world.•He was haunted with the beauty female.•He was unsound mind.

The main characters

***Strange female***

• Appereance highly striking.• Pale face large and brillant eyes.• She wore a black dress that permited her

shape to be seen.• She wore a broad black band round her neck,

classped by diamonds.

SummaryWolfgang was sent Paris.

He spent time in libraries, reading literary ghoul which increased his madness.

Every night he dreamt with beautifull female

and this became him in a hunted by that.

He meet with a strange human, walking around the guillotine street, he was loving her.

They sleept together, he leave her alone, when he return, she was could without pulse, she was dead.

Finally he was sent the mad-house where he died.

Summary

This Story is narrated by an old man who knew Gottfried Wolfgang in the mad-house, where he was sent after his terrible experience.

Analysis

SettingThis story takes place in Paris in time of the French Revolution.

***Aspects of the setting***

- The scene of the blood.- Guillotines around the streets.- -Amid scenes.- As the time of the French Revolution, the killing was the order of the day.

Genre

Fiction

Horror

Ghos