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"The Feather Pillow"

by Horacio Quiroga

Horacio Quiroga

1878-1937

  • Latin American short story writer
  • Admired Edgar Allan Poe
  • Stories blend horror with psychological suspense
  • Lots of his stories confront conflicts with human beings and nature

Life's Tragedies

  • Father accidently killed himself with a shotgun
  • When he was 23 he accidently shot to death one of his close friends
  • First wife committed suicide
  • Quiroga and his second wife seperated
  • In 1937 he took his own life after discovering he had cancer

The Story

First Published in 1907

3 Characters

  • Alicia
  • Jordan
  • Doctor

Setting

  • The couple's home

What elements of American Gothic Fiction are present in this story?

Questions

  • Re-read the description of the setting, the house in which Jordan and Alicia. What mood do these details of the setting create?
  • In what ways are the characters of Jordan and Alicia opposite?
  • On the literal level, Alicia is the victim of a parasitical creature that feeds on her blood. What symbolic interpretation can you make of such a death? (What else in Alicia's environment might have been sucking the very life out of her?)
  • List elements/themes of AGF Quiroga uses in the story.
  • Would you agree "The Feather Pillow" is an effective story because readers fear that something like the events in the story could really happen? Why?
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