hits the bestseller list with Stephen King's name on it, Pet Sematary is a book full of horrors, the kind of book designed to make you draw up your feet and tuck them firmly underneath you while you are reading it just in case anything truly vile sh Continue Reading...
Question 5. There have been several memorable moments in the films we have watched in class. For instance, in the Leopard Man, the scene in which the killer believes to hear castanets being played and a woman walking towards him provides psycholog Continue Reading...
The term "art-horror" was new, and after the author defined it, it made perfect sense. There are differences in the genre between films, books, and theater, and it is easy to see how much of the horror genre could be considered "art-horror." In add Continue Reading...
Horror, the Horror: Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness vs. Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now I stood on this hillside, I foresaw that in the blinding sunshine of that land I would become acquainted with a flabby, pretending, weak-eyed devil of Continue Reading...
Gothic novel era is widely accepted as the years from 1764 to 1834. The Gothic genre has remained "an elusive minor literary upheaval that has had eminence influenced on most genres today" (Summer 164). The Gothic novel includes magic and mystery; h Continue Reading...
Cinderella and the Brave Little TailorCinderella: And so they were condemned to go blind for the rest of their days because of their wickedness and falsehood. This tale is so brutal and different from the Disney versionI was shocked when the sisters Continue Reading...
Horror What is Horror? According to Sigmund Freud, das unheimliche -- or the uncanny -- can be defined as something that is familiar and unfamiliar at the same time. In horror films, the uncanny can be achieved through the depiction of a series of Continue Reading...
Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien and the poem "Dulce et Decorum Est" by Wilfred Owen are two wonderful pieces of literature that depict the horrors of war in a way that is both visceral and astute. The images, the relationships, the deaths, the b Continue Reading...
Colonial Experience Upper Africa The Nineteenth Century brought dramatic changes to Africa and its people. The European powers divided up the continent among themselves. France took the lion's share, reserving most of Upper Africa to itself. Yet t Continue Reading...
Christianity Book of Matthew Who is to be saved? According to Matthew, "whoever holds out to the end will be saved," (Matthew 24:13). However, the initial focus is on the "the lost sheep of the people of Israel," (Matthew 10:6). Matthew also mentio Continue Reading...
modernity, the idea of culture and groups has become complex and morphed into an amalgamation of definitions surrounding the idea of just what it is that defines a community. The idea of "community" as a political or sociological concept, has taken Continue Reading...
Skin Shows: Gothic Horror and the Technology of Monstrosity by Judith Halberstam The Gothic Tradition Judith Halberstam discusses many different facets of the Gothic tradition in the first chapter of her book entitled Skin Shows: Gothic Horror and Continue Reading...
Gothic Literature A darkened room and a secret passage, a beautiful heroine in a flowing nightgown, candles that go out and doors that mysteriously open are all trademarks of the gothic literature tradition. Dark and stormy nights where a young woma Continue Reading...
Politics, literature and the arts -- Transformation, Totalitarianism, and Modern Capitalist life in Franz Kafka's "Metamorphosis," Fritz Lang's "Metropolis," and Albert Camus' Caligula At first, the towering heights of the German director Fritz Lang Continue Reading...
WWI and Literature World War I was certainly one of the most productive periods in literature with millions of poets and authors emerging on the scene and each one contributing tremendously to the growth and progress of literature. It is quite stran Continue Reading...
African-American Literature The Implications of African-American Literature Social Economic Environmental Cultural How African-American Literature Has Changed -- Across the Genres Slave Narratives and Biographies Novels African-American Lit Continue Reading...
Father Figures Arabian Asian Literature Father Figures: Arabic / Asian Literature Father figures all across the world embody a phenomenon which encompasses all attributes of a role model. They are meant to stand for discipline, caution, protection, Continue Reading...
In spite o the accusations of being a misogynist and encouraging the young minds to embrace such theories related to gender stereotypes, Polly and Diggory, the first two children to populate the series, are far from impersonating stereotypes. Polly Continue Reading...
African-American Literature In literature the relationship between the text and paratext is used to introduce the reader to the subject and setting of novel. As the paratext, is utilized to inform and influence their minds before they have started r Continue Reading...
" (Hendricks) Truth and culture are therefore seen to be created and destroyed by others for their own ends. In conclusion, the three literary works discussed above are in many respects very different but also indicate certain continuities of intent Continue Reading...
In fact, all these novels are concerned with the psychology and attitudes of the characters, and use them to represent the fragmentation and uncertainty in society. The characters own lives are uncertain and fragmented, and this represents these the Continue Reading...
Pride in Literature As a universally human characteristic, pride plays an important part in world literary themes. However, pride can be defined and perceived differently, and the term also has many different definitions. For example, pride can refe Continue Reading...
Employers are typically accustomed to hiring employees on account of their experience, as a diploma is worthless as long as the person looking for a job has no experience in the field. People are typically unaware of the complexity of a particular a Continue Reading...
There is the feeling that Rushdie is toying with the concept of freedom of speech in this story as well as destroying the concept of the East as mysterious. Rushdie uses English to tell his story, but he incorporates the Indian oral tradition withou Continue Reading...
Violence should best be seen in the context of an individual alienation caused, most likely, both by the apparent lack of moral norms and, at the same time, by the continuous development of the individual, in a constant quest for the absolute (and Continue Reading...
Contact in Canadian Literature: The Use of Gothic Elements in the Negotiation of Cultural Differences between Settlers and Indigenous Nations Introduction Common elements of gothic literature include mystery, fear, omens, curses, preternatural settin Continue Reading...
The supernatural is defining feature of gothic genres of gothic and horror. Supernatural motifs are also integral to Romanticism, especially as the supernatural is counterpoint to the natural. Romanticism reveals an uneasy relationship between scienc Continue Reading...
Night by Elie Wiesel: Confronting the Horrors of the HolocaustNight by Elie Wiesel is a book that should not have to existand yet it must. On one hand, it is unthinkable that the atrocities it chronicles are true. On the other hand, it is equally unt Continue Reading...
Postmodern Literature Final In terms of the use of experimental techniques in the assigned readings this semester, I think I would judge Vonnegut to be the best and Ishmael Reed to be the worst. The simple criterion here is accessibility. There is n Continue Reading...
The monster is evil, Victor is good, and so they are in conflict throughout the book. The point-of-view in the novel is first person in both the letters by Captain Walton and the narration told by Victor himself. This helps make the reader feel lik Continue Reading...
American Literature "Song of Myself" stanzas 1-21 by Walt Whitman Pride in the self and one's perseverance at life "I celebrate myself, and sing myself, and what I assume you shall assume, for every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you. " Continue Reading...
Jekyll does not reappear until Hyde is hunted down and fatally wounded. Besides helping to set the tone in general for the book, bringing the story of Jekyll and Hyde into his own tale of the horrors that drugs can cause, is perfect. After all, the Continue Reading...
people of all ages and backgrounds. Literature, like any historical document, allows reader to gain a larger understanding of cultures, history, society, and politics. Furthermore, literature helps to instill the reader with the ability to read and Continue Reading...
Gothic Literature: Hawthorne and Poe1. In Nathaniel Hawthorne\\\'s \\\"The Minister\\\'s Black Veil,\\\" a key Gothic element employed is the motif of mystery and secrecy, represented by the black veil that Reverend Hooper wears over his face. This v Continue Reading...
ENGLISH LITERATURE English Literature: All Quiet on Western Front- Book ReportAll Quiet on Western Front is a book that narrates war experiences, written by Erich Maria Remarque (Goodreads, n.a.). It cites the story of young German schoolboys who hav Continue Reading...
3. After finishing the book? Why? After finishing the book I am not sure whether Conrad was saying that Marlow is going to become exactly the same as Kurtz or if he is wise enough now to know that he could become like Kurtz if he isn't careful in t Continue Reading...
American poet Walt Whitman, "One's-Self I Sing," "Song of Myself" #s 1,6,9,10,12,14,15,31,33, and 52, and "Vigil Strange I Kept on the Field one Night." Specifically, it will reflect on three pieces of work and show what is going on in historical co Continue Reading...
Heart of DarknessJoseph Conrads Heart of Darkness was first published in 1899, and can be seen as an early example of modernist literature because it represents some of the moral ambiguity that characterized the modern world at turn of the 20th centu Continue Reading...
Both Tayo and Crowe begin their journeys wandering between two worlds. Both are aware of their wandering and are constantly searching for an identity that will allow them to find the world and identity in which they are most suitable for inclusion. Continue Reading...
Jane Eyre and OatesAs Oates says, Jane Eyre is a reflection of real life because it has a voice that is true to life, and that is what distinguishes it from other tales, including fairy tales: it is the material of legends and fairy tales, perhaps; y Continue Reading...
