The graveyard was dark and shadowed; tulips lined the cobblestone pathway that led to the mausoleum‚ looming darkly against the feeble moon. I strode through the graveyard‚ glancing nervously around at the shadows that lay thick upon the graves like a shroud. Tulips‚ protruding like withered stakes from the ground‚ lined the pathway‚ and I could smell their sickly-sweet odor as I approached the mausoleum‚ looming above me like a forbidding monument to the feeble moon above. “Rachel!” I cried out
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Gothic art started with the style from France dating back to the 1137-44. One of the first types of Gothic architectural is the Interior of Saint-Denis. Stained glass windows covered the back as sculpted delicate columns and rib vaults stand in front of the windows. Each type of architecture style has a different aspect. For example‚ rib vaults as they are used to replace barrel vaults from Romanesque period. Next are the piers used for support for the vaults? Flying buttresses are very thin half
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for a novel like Wuthering Heights. Riddled with passionate and obsessive love along with deeply motivated thirst of revenge and a disturbing lack of identity shown by Catherine‚ Wuthering Heights has earned the title of a Gothic Novel in modern literature. The Gothic elements in the novel create feelings of gloom‚ mystery‚ and suspense in the reader while tending to the dramatic and the sensational theme of the novel- like incest‚ diabolism‚ necrophilia‚ and nameless terrors. It crosses
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Gothic architecture is a design that flourished during the high and late medieval period - originating in 12th-century France and lasting into the 16th century. It developed from Romanesque architecture and was succeeded by Renaissance architecture. Gothic architecture was known during its time as Opus Francigenum (French work) with the term Gothic first appearing during the later part of the Renaissance. The different gothic styles were influenced heavily by politics‚ religion‚ and the geographic
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the Marriage Act to legalise same-sex marriage in Australia‚ all of which have been unsuccessful. As it stands Australia are not looking to modify the current legislation‚ but over time Australia could potentially change their Marriage Act. The Australian Marriage Act 1961 was developed by the
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Gothic is a literary genre that is connected to the dark and horrific. It became popular in the late Victorian Era‚ following the success of Horace Walpole’s The Castle of Otranto‚ in 1764. Since that time‚ gothic literature has become a widespread influence. Some elements that are typically gothic include ancient prophecies‚ mystery and suspense‚ supernatural events‚ dreams and visions‚ violence‚ and a gloomy and desolate setting. Charlotte Bronte‚ the author of Jane Eyre‚ was greatly influenced
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The Australian postal service In the 1950s‚ Australia’s postal needs were serviced by the PMG (Post Master General). The PMG was responsible for telegraph and home telephone operations‚ as well as postal services. In 1954‚ the PMG began offering the Teleprinter Exchange‚ or Telex‚ to the public. The telex was an electric typewriter that delivered typed messages along telegraph lines. This new technology was a great convenience‚ especially to businesses which no longer had to rely on the slower
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Life without services is unimaginable. Today everything we need or do is a service. Service is usually defined as something intangible. However‚ it is not the norm nowadays. From education to electricity‚ services have taken over everything. The Australian Roundtable Services defined services as a source for delivering any intellectual content or an experience. It may also include some kind of help‚ care or utility or even some information. But the main point is that the major part of that activity
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values * a sense of national pride * All speeches examine what makes an’ Australian National Identity’ National Identity >> Purpose >> Keating and Dean * Aimed to create a national identity based on the qualities of Aus. Life. National Identity >> Keating and Dean >> Keating >> Themes >> Honour and Resemblance * The Unknown Soldier represents all Australians who have served and died in past conflicts and possible future
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Gothic Literature Essay There are many different types of gothic writers and their ideas of what goes on in the human mind. Edgar Allen Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne are just two examples. In class we have read “The Pit in the Pendulum” by Edgar Allen Poe‚ which is a horror and gothic story. We have also read “The Minister’s Black Veil” by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ which is also a horror and gothic story. Both of these authors have a good understanding of what goes on behind the locked doors of the human
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