Gothic Elements in A Curtain of Greenery and Death of a Salesman In fiction, Gothicism is defined as a style that emphasizes the grotesque, the mysterious, and the desolate. Eudora Welty makes frequent use of the grotesque in her work, often pairing it with elements of mystery, as in "Keela, The Outcast Indian Maiden". However, he usually deals with desolation as a separate element, as in "Death of a Salesman", where the focus is on RJ Bowman's lonely and fruitless existence. An early reviewer of A Curtain of Green, in which "Keela, The Outcast Indian Maiden," wrote that Welty was "concerned with the demented, the deformed, the strange, [and] the highly spiced" (Vande Kieft 67). While the presence of these elements is pronounced, the reviewer was unable to look beyond these devices to see Welty's purpose. Welty's focus is never on the grotesque itself; rather he focuses on the reactions of his characters and the contrast he creates. “He doesn't mystically try to transform or perform anonymously,” he tells me...