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Bram Stoker Jonathan Harker
886 wordsThe aspect of Dracula that makes it so frightening, as opposed to contemporary horror, is that of the strong persona of Count Dracula himself. For all of the terror he inspires, The Count has few appearances in the novel, instead using his mystique to frighten the reader. While nearly all current books and films in the horror genre focus on the aspects of violence and shock appeal, Dracula uses the element of suspense to captivate the reader. By using the element of fear, Bram Stoker keeps the r...
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In The Lake Of Woods A Mystery
720 wordsIN THE LAKE OF THE WOODS: A MYSTERY? Almost from this novels first page we know that Kathy Wade will vanish, and it is not long before we discover that her disappearance will remain unsolved. We then ask ourselves, how is this novel considered a mystery if we never even find out what happened to Kathy? In the Lake of the Woods, by Tim OBrien, still has undeniable suspense. There are other topics in the novel like the impact of the Vietnam War, morality, and human behavior that help us see beyond...
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End Of The Story Beginning Of The Story
1,248 wordsThomas Hardy was a famous author and poet he lived from 1840 to 1928. During his long life of 88 years he wrote fifteen novels and one thousand poems. He lived for the majority of his life near Dorchester. Hardy got many ideas for his stories while he was growing up. An example of this was that he knew of a lady who had had her blood turned by a convicts corpse and he used this in the story The Withered Arm. The existence of witches and witchcraft was accepted in his lifetime and it was not unus...
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5 Th Century Bc Play Medea
1,174 wordsIn the play Medea, by Euripides, many techniques are incorporated to augment the compelling persona of the protagonist, Medea. She has an overpowering presence, which is fashioned through the use of imagery, offstage action and language. Dramatic suspense, employment of the chorus and Deus Ex Machina also serve to enhance the intense persona assumed by Medea. Medea is frequently associated with images of violence and rage. Shes wild. Hates in her blood. /She feeds her rageStormclouds of anger. T...
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Super Suicide Society Separate Peace
1,390 wordsPart 1: Identifying 1. ) Protagonists- In a story or movie the Protagonist (s) is / are the main character (s). In the story A separate Peace the protagonist is Phineas (Finny). 2. ) Antagonists- In a story or movie the Antagonist (s) is / are the character or force in conflict with a main character, or Protagonist (s). In the story A Separate Peace the Antagonist is Gene. 3. ) Setting- In a story or movie the Setting is the time & place of the action. In the story A Separate Peace the setti...
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Master Of Suspense University Of London Hitchcock
698 wordsAlfred Hitchcock is among the few directors to combine a strong reputation for high-art filmmaking with great audience popularity. Throughout his career, he gave his audiences more pleasure than they could bask for. The consistency of quality plot lines and technical ingenuity earned him the recognition of being one of the greatest filmmakers of all-time. His films earned him the reputation of being the "master of suspense", and after viewing two of his more popular films, Psycho and The Birds, ...
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Loss Of Identity End Of The Film
1,598 wordsThe Films of Alfred Hitchcock Psycho (1960) Psycho is one of the most famous Hitchcock's thrillers. The film is widely recognized by film critics as the etalon of the genre. Psycho has become almost the synonym to the definition of suspense. What is suspense? Suspense is synonymous to anxiousness, delay, let-up. Suspended (Latin) to hang. In such a way, suspense can be interpreted as a certain hung up suspended condition. According to Frances Truffle, it is an intensification of suspended expect...
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Alfred Hitchcock Horror Films
1,606 words... looks cheap not only by the plot but also by price. However, it doesnt look like other attempts to imitate the film. Alfred Hitchcock brings into the film a light vein of black humor. Moreover, the slightest gradations of the black humor are discovered when you re-view the film. No doubt, it is the film made by maestro, the incredibly talented producer. Alfred Hitchcock made this film with the purpose of technical joke: he wanted to know what will be the reaction of the public, if he kills t...
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David Hume Natural History Of Part 1
1,876 wordsDavid Hume's Natural History of Religion Warburton, disquieted by Hume's project, asked, "Would not the Moral History of Meteors be full as sensible as the Natural History of Religion?" (Livingston, 1976). Although he did not, presumably, expect an answer, we may nonetheless formulate one. Discounting revelation, Hume reasonably deduces religion's origins from two "natural" scenarios man in nature, and nature in man. The former, as we shall see, is man dramatically situated in a pre civilized se...
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North By Northwest University Of London
1,814 wordsAlfred Hitchcock Alfred Hitchcock is among the few directors to combine a strong reputation for high-art filmmaking with great audience popularity. Throughout his career, he gave his audiences more pleasure than they could bask for. The consistency of quality plot lines and technical ingenuity earned him the recognition of being one of the greatest filmmakers of all-time. His films earned him the reputation of being the "master of suspense", and after viewing two of his more popular films, Psych...
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Mrs De Winter Watching The Movie
878 wordsAs Daphne du Maurier finished her novel, she said to herself, So it was. A finished novel. Title, Rebecca. I wondered if my publisher would think it stupid, overdone. Luckily (for me) he did not. Nor did the readers when it was published. Little did du Maurier know, her novel ended up becoming a great success. Soon after, Alfred Hitchcock made a film version of Rebecca that soon became an even greater success than the novel itself. There are many opinions as to which version is more effective. I...
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Style Of Writing Good And Evil
1,490 wordsCharles Dickens wrote a masterpiece in Oliver Twist. He wrote a book that sold more than 4 million copies in the decade after his death in England alone. Oliver Twist continues to be one of the most famous books around. His novel is a delight to read because of his clever writing style, and important messages. It is true that Dickens panders to the audience with Oliver Twist, but he wrote Oliver Twist more to foster social reform than to entertain. One thing that misleads the reading into thinki...
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Real Estate Agent Father
1,776 wordsAuthor: Mary Higgins Clark Number of Pages: 318 Publication Date: 1997 Summary Pretend You Don? t See Her is one of my favorite murder mysteries that I have ever read. My favorite part of this novel is that the ending is very unpredictable. This story started out when a real estate agent in New York, Lacy Farrell, who was assigned to a new client, Isabelle Waring. Isabelle's daughter, Heather Landi, had died in the previous year and it was Heathers apartment she decided to put on the market. Isa...
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Lake Of The Woods Lai Massacre
735 wordsIN THE LAKE OF THE WOODS: A MYSTERY? Almost from this novel? s first page we know that Kathy Wade will vanish, and it is not long before we discover that her disappearance will remain unsolved. We then ask ourselves, ? how is this novel considered a mystery if we never even find out what happened to Kathy? ? In the Lake of the Woods, by Tim O? Brien, still has undeniable suspense. There are other topics in the novel like the impact of the Vietnam War, morality, and human behavior that help us se...
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Struggle Between Good Good And Evil
2,031 wordsIn What Way Is Frankenstein A Gothic In What Way Is Frankenstein A Gothic Novel? Choose 1 Chapter From The Novel And Analyse How Mary She Gothic novels originated from gothic architecture, this medieval type of architecture was pointed arches, cathedrals, ruins and ancient statues, therefore these novels where very often set in a gloomy castle replete with dungeons, subterranean passages and sliding panels. Gothic novels were written mainly to evoke terror in their readers; they also served to s...
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Mitch And His Family Sounds And Silence Birds
532 wordsThere are many aspects of a movie that relate the feeling and emotion to the viewer. Music, or lack there of, is one of the more prominent. In the film The Birds, different bird sounds and silence are used to illustrate the action, suspense, and anxiety of the scenes. This rare technique allows the viewer to be drawn into the intensity of the birds and their attacks. The Birds, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, uses a sequence of silence and bird clamor to create an extravagant feeling of uncertaint...
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Sci Fi Special Effects
1,268 wordsWho gets to go? This is a question from Contact, and unfortunately, due to the trailers, we already know the answer. Its a shame though, because the suspense mounts and yet it doesnt get as high as we would like it to. However, if you are capable of forgetting the fact of who goes, you can thoroughly enjoy the suspense-filled moments. On the other hand, Contact is not a film about suspense. It is about characters and a story that draws us in and takes us for a ride up to a very satisfying conclu...
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Story Takes Place Child By Tiger
687 wordsAfter Reaching Fiction Reaching Fiction After reading " The Child by Tiger, " written by Thomas Wolfe, and Richard Connell's " The Most Dangerous Game, " I have noticed that these stories are similar, yet they are different. Although both stories have manhunts and mad men, according to Thomas R. Arp, the editor of Perrines Literature: Structure, Sound, and Sense, " The Child by Tiger" is " interpretive" literature, and " The Most Dangerous Game" ...
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Special Effects Star Wars
909 wordsPeople saw the news on the TV, hundreds of Star Wars fans lined up out side of movie ticket box office when Star Wars: Episode I- the Phantom Menace just starts showing in theaters. Star War fans waited hours in the line, just to get the movie tickets so they can watch this latest Sci-fi movie. The sneak previews of the Phantom Menace showed many spectacular computer generated scenes, graphics, and characters that gave me an impression that the movie was going to be a very good. Sadly, I was qui...
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2,472 wordsStephen King s Devices of Tension-Building as Seen through Salem s Lot The novel which we will examine, called Salem s Lot, is among Stephen King s finest novels. From the way he details the gory scenes of the story, to achieve a building of tension throughout every page. Stephen Edwin King was born in Portland, Maine in 1947, the second son of Donald and Nellie Ruth Pillsbury King. Stephen attended the grammar school in Durham and then Lisbon Falls High School, graduating in 1966. From his soph...
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