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    The intensity of his eyes‚ not only frightened my but it told me a story. He’s as were as fierce as a lion. I remembered his eyes. They showed fear‚ anger‚ hurt‚ strength‚ and love. He stood over me as to protect me like if I were a princess‚ worthy of admiration. I sat at the edge of the dock staring in to the deep dark blue waters. As I stared past the water aimlessly‚ it began to soothe away my anxiety away. I didn’t realize it but I was falling slowly into the water. As I was at my last second

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    Liam O’Flaherty’s splendid short story‚ “The Sniper”‚ demonstrated superb suspense throughout the entire story. Several different lively‚ tension-filled moments riddled this story. First off‚ in the beginning‚ the sniper is laying in his covert hideout with his rifle. He decides to light his cigarette because he fancies a smoke. The light gives his position away and the soldier is shot at from an enemy sniper. In this moment Liam‚ the author‚ creates a nervous tension in the audience because the

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    Media Analysis: American Horror Story American Horror Story is an FX horror-drama television show‚ as well as an anthology series; each season of the show has a different cast and storyline. The show was created by Ryan Murphy (creator of the FOX show Glee) and Brad Falchuk (producer of Nip/Tuck)‚ and premiered on October 5‚ 2011. The first season of the show follows the Harmon family as they settle into their new home in Los Angeles. They are unaware‚ however‚ that the mansion is haunted by its

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    The Veldt‚ focused deeply on suspense to make a more unified story. Suspense occurs in numerous occasions‚ like a slap in the face. Some people say that suspense is not necessary to create a creative story. Though it’s not necessary‚ suspense is a key to a more advanced description. No description is equivalent to no story. Description acts as the glue to meld everything together cohesively. These crafts are the base to writing The Veldt. A story based off of suspense has something special that

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    Belonging Creative Writing Deafness The hand ticked monotonously around the watch‚ its staggered movement constantly pushing its smaller brother forward. The window was open‚ and a cool breeze fluttered through‚ ruffling the white curtains. The corner of the curtain nicked a calculator on the table and it fell with a metallic crash. However‚ the boy sitting at the edge of the table never moved. It was only when he turned around and saw the broken calculator with a nail protruding out that he bent

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    The Horrors of Poe

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    introduced a new type of literature to the United States. He introduced gothic horror and other horror stories to the US. His stories inspired many to write new literature like Stephen King and many others. His entire career had shaped created a new style unknown to the US. Poe creates an atmosphere of horror with plot‚ setting and internal dialogue. One way Poe puts fear into the readers is his use of internal dialogue. In the story “The Tell-Tale Heart”‚ the narrator says “but why will you say I am mad

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    of all the conventions given in the story‚ “What is the Horror Genre?” Simultaneously‚ what we can observe is how the word murderer is believed by the reader on whether to consider if a person is a murderer or not. Even more‚ we can observe the repetition of words‚ the first person narrator‚ suspense that the story projects‚ and many more that show and clarify why “The Tell Tale Heart” is the story that scared the schnitzels out of me‚ according to the horror genre. Though someone has not read “The

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    The Amityville Horror

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    The Amityville horror is my chosen topic which I am going to write about for my report. I have chosen this particular topic as the field of criminology is one I find really interesting and hope to study it further at university. I have recently seen the film of the ‘Amityville Horror’ and found it intriguing so I thought I would study it further. In this report I intend to cover ‘the murderer’‚ ‘the murder’ and the theory behind the crime. Ronald Defeo JR was born and raised in Brookln. He

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    The Horror Clown

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    Introduction a The history of clowns b Examples of modern horror clowns c Thesis statement II Comparing early clowns to horror clowns a Skills and character traits of early clowns that can be seen in today’s horror clowns b Negative incidents of clowns in history i The “parasite” ii Medieval fool iii Grimaldi iv The Arlecchino III Modern occurences of horror clowns in movies and real life a Determining the point at which the horror clown became mainstream i John Wayne Gacy ii It & Poltergeist

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    Horror in the Maing

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    Changes in the Genre THE HORROR GENRE HAS DEVELOPED OVER TIME The types of content being presented in films has changed significantly over time as a result of advances in technology and changes in society. The horror genre is one of the oldest ones‚ dating back to the early 1920s. From day one to around the 1960s horror films were almost always just about your typical horror monsters- Count Dracula‚ the Frankenstein Monster‚ Mummies and occasionally zombies- notable such films including Nosferatu

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