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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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Alter Ego Stephen King
1,032 wordsStephen King is one of the most successful authors of the twentieth-century. He brings nightmares to life in a way that no other writer has succeeded to do, and is now among the most prestigious horror writers of the time. King is indeed a genius at work; however, to fully understand the legacy of Stephen King, one must understand the background from which he came and the manner in which he handled it. Due to the desertion of his father and his lack of self-esteem, Stephen decided early in his c...
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Heart Of Darkness Central Station
1,519 words... hat he must kill and succeed or die and that those are his only choices to escape this frightening predicament. The constant fear of death compels the soldiers to do anything and just about everything to stay alive, for the hope of one day returning home. For example, the confused and scared soldiers go so far as to slaughter innocent Vietnamese with a boatload of harmless animals. Furthermore, when one woman appears to still be breathing Willard's skewed ethics perceive her as an obstacle o...
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Gender In Horror Films Carrie Alien And Amityville
2,094 wordsThe representation of gender in horror films varies from director to director, writer to writer. However certain characteristics of gender representation do, at times follow a certain theme. Whilst studying the evolution of horror films it struck me that in some cases the film, while appearing to differ only ever so slightly from the novel upon which it was based, would create images onscreen that would imply things that the novel had never done. Through the tiny differences between novel and fi...
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Gender In Horror Films Carrie Alien And Amityville
2,069 words... e escaped from, however, what is most interesting here and indeed unexpected is that while the novel by King provides no other maternal roles in the novel instead focusing primarily on Carrie and her mother, De Palma adds a mother for Sue and even creates a scene whereby the two mothers meet and Carries mothers extreme religious fanaticism is demonstrated more clearly against the backdrop of a normal home with a normal mother who after politely attempting to get rid of Carries mother eventua...
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Joseph Heart Of Darkness Explored The Darker Side
1,094 wordsJoseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness explored the darker side of human nature. When Francis Ford Coppola released the eye-opening film Apocalypse Now, he expanded on and delved deeper into this theme. Despite some differences between Heart of Darkness and Apocalypse Now, the meanings of the symbols in each are mutual and the overall purpose is parallel: to show the horror of the dark side of the human spirit. Both are stories about a mans internal struggle with good and evil. Heart of Darkness and ...
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Heart Of Darkness Hearts Of Darkness
1,666 wordsHeart of Darkness In examining ourselves and understanding the soul, we notice that society has the ability to bring out our savage sides. At times, this evil side has the tendency to breakout during times of isolation from our culture or when we notice great differences between cultures. Apocalypse Now is loosely based on Joseph Conrad's novel Heart of Darkness. Both deal with the main character, whether it is Captain Willard in Apocalypse Now or Marlow in Heart of Darkness, sharing their tales...
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Saturday Evening Post Comedy And Tragedy
1,618 wordsSince the dawn of literature and drama, comedy and tragedy have always been partitioned into separate genres. Certainly most tragedies had comedic moments, and even the zaniest comedies were at times serious. However, even the development of said tragicomedies left the division more or less intact. Integrating a total comedy and a total tragedy into a holistic union that not only preserved both features, but also blended them into a new and harmonious entity remained elusive. That is, until Catc...
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Kurtz Last Words Good Or Evil
4,030 wordsConrad's novel, Heart of Darkness, relies on the historical period of imperialism in order to describe its protagonist, Charlie Marlow, and his struggle. Marlow's catharsis in the novel, as he goes to the Congo, rests on how he visualizes the effects of imperialism. This paper will analyze Marlow's change, as caused by his exposure to the imperialistic nature of the historical period in which he lived. Marlow is asked by the company, the organization for whom he works, to travel to the Congo riv...
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Good And Evil Bram Stoker
1,410 wordsWhere Dracula Stoker v. s Coppola Where there is no imagination there is no horror. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Imagination is the force that keeps human desires alive. It is a state that allows someone to give up repression and indulge into temptation. Where the conscious mind is a state of composed and rational behaviour, imagination becomes the unconscious setting into a world of countless fantasies where one does not need to worry about the consequences. However, civilization is built on the fact...
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Saturday Evening Post Comedy And Tragedy
1,617 wordsThe Deft Touch of Catch 22: Hellers Harmonious Unison of Comedy and Tragedy Since the dawn of literature and drama, comedy and tragedy have always been partitioned into separate genres. Certainly most tragedies had comedic moments, and even the zaniest comedies were at times serious. However, even the development of said tragicomedies left the division more or less intact. Integrating a total comedy and a total tragedy into a holistic union that not only preserved both features, but also blended...
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Charlie Marlow Quot Quot
3,569 wordsAuthor: Joseph Conrad Setting: The storyteller, Charlie Marlow, sits on the deck of the Nellie recanting his journey to the Congo and his perception and encounter with Kurtz and Kurtz's intended. Plot: The telling of a remarkable horror tale to the inner darkness of man, Kurtz/Marlow, and the center of the earth, the Congo. Charlie Marlow gives the accounts of the double journey to the passengers on the deck of the Nellie as she is held still by the tides. Key Characters Charlie Marlow " De...
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Darwin Theory Heart Of Darkness
2,233 words? Did he live his life again in every detail of desire, temptation, and surrender during that supreme moment of complete knowledge? He cried in a whisper at some image, at some vision-he cried out twice, a cry that was no more than a breath: The horror! The horror! ? What horror is Kurtz recounting as his final words? Truths lie inside the inner soul of all human beings, it is just a matter of when and where they will come out. Kurtz choose to let his be known as his passing words. An epiphany, ...
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Francis Coppola Movie Apocalypse Hearts Of Darkness
1,691 wordsThe Puritans left Europe in hopes of finding a new world to welcome them and their beliefs. What they found was a vast new world, loaded with Indian cultures new to them. This overwhelming cultural interaction caused some Puritans to go mad and try to purge themselves of a perceived evil. This came to be known as the Salem witch trials. During World War II, Germany made an attempt to overrun Europe. What happened when the Nazis came into power and persecuted the Jews in Germany, Austria and Pola...
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Kurtz Last Words Charlie Marlow
3,538 wordsTitle: Heart of Darkness Author: Joseph Conrad Setting: The storyteller, Charlie Marlow, sits on the deck of the Nellie recanting his journey to the Congo and his perception and encounter with Kurtz and Kurtz's intended. Plot: The telling of a remarkable horror tale to the inner darkness of man, Kurtz/Marlow, and the center of the earth, the Congo. Charlie Marlow gives the accounts of the double journey to the passengers on the deck of the Nellie as she is held still by the tides. Key Characters...
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Horror Flick Sensations Genre
206 wordsHorror is enthralling Meeting with fear-causing sensations is a thing that most of us consider as fun entertainment. Facing states of horror frightens, but at the same time interests us. What matter behind horror actually gives one such satisfaction? Going downtown and seeing a horror movie on a friday night is extremely common, especially for the youth. Statistics show that scary films are take indisputably a very, if not the most popular movie genre. Experts have always disputed about what giv...
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Kill King Duncan Lady Macbeth
6,739 wordsSummary of Act 2, Scene 1: Past midnight, Macbeth tells Banquo that theyll speak of the witches another time, and bids him goodnight... Macbeth sees a dagger of the mind, hears his wifes bell, and goes to kill King Duncan. ? Enter Banquo and Fleance. Banquo: How goes the night, boy? (2. 1. 1). ? Enter Macbeth and a Servant. Banquo: Give me my sword. / Whos there? (2. 1. 9 - 10). ? Exit Banquo and Fleance. Macbeth: Is this a dagger which I see before me, / The handle toward my hand? (2. 1. 33 - 3...
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Tennis Court Oath Quot Quot
3,375 wordsAlan Williamson (1984) How many movies have we all seen on the subject of runaway children who cross paths with a murderer a subject whose appeal, surely, is to our own anxiety about the relation between normal venturesomeness and the completely out of bounds? And hiding from darkness in barns They can be grownups now And the murderers ash tray is more easily The lake a lilac cube. When the children " can be grownups, " the evidence of evil is at once " more easily" and I thi...
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Sentenced To Death Loved Tom
2,311 wordsStephen King is a very well known writer who wrote many best-selling books. He wrote both horror and drama books, but even the drama books seemed to have a disturbing edge to them. Stephen Kings mind is probably very twisted yet very interesting judging by the stories he wrote. His creativity probably came from his childhood. As a child he grew up on a farm, giving him lots of time to use his imagination. His creativity started as a child. He would often play cruel pranks on his brother that wou...
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Stephen Edwin King Stephen King
2,556 wordsSTEPHEN KING OF STYLE Outline He especially incorporates the feelings of hope and his own personal occurrences into his novels. In addition to these themes, King sticks to using lucid imagery that is set in a realistic everyday place as well as symbols and unique characterization to help his paced suspense and sub-plotting. A. Introduction I. Themes Hope: in the Green Mile, the hope of something being better paranormally disturbed: in Carrie, she uses her telekinetic powers for revenge familiari...
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