Monsters have proven to be more than just the fiendish appearance or the evil within such creatures – their monstrosity symbolizes‚ more or less‚ the characteristics that define mankind and/or our innermost fears. Prior to this Exploration of the Humanities course‚ I have interpreted monsters for what they are: heartless and destructive creatures that generate fear. However‚ I never bothered what the true cause of such fear is – only associating the gruesome presence with a psychological reaction
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“How tender ’tis to love the babe that milks me: I would‚ while it was smiling in my face‚ have pluck’d my nipple from his boneless gums‚ and dash’d the brains out.” Another example of the un-stereotypical female would be the vampires in “Dracula”‚ Stoker depicts them as deviants and sexually aggressive in order to undermine the foundations of a
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Guilty or innocent? Santiago was never given that question he was automatically seen guilty and lost his life because of that. Where is the proof Santiago deflowered Angela? It was stated no one ever seen Santiago and Angela together. So if the town thought deeper and didn’t just assume things a man’s life could have been saved. The reason the town can automatically assume that Santiago is guilty is because they felt as if he was following in his father’s footsteps because he had taken Divina Flor’s
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Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror F.W. Murnau’s “Nosferatu” is a classic visual tale of Bram Stoker’s “Dracula”. The silent film is filled with obsession and lust‚ surrealism as well as the prosaic theme of good versus evil. The film recounts the tale of Hutter‚ a real estate agent hungry for money‚ and his journey to vampire Count Orlak’s mansion‚ as well as the twists and turns found heavily within the scenes. Nosferatu (Count Orlak’s alter ego) falls for Hutter’s wife and moves in to the residence
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Journal-" Crossing Brooklyn Ferry " - Walt Whitman " Crossing Brooklyn Ferry " is a poem told from a man on a ferry between Manhattan and Brooklyn. The journey begins with the man leaning over a railing look into the water. The man ( Walt Whitman ) sees the clouds and the sun set reflected in the water and personifies them as "you". Throughout the poem Whitman will personify many other things in the poem. The business people and workers on the ferry a reflectively "curious" to him.
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Frustrated with the tourists at his Castle‚ Dracula decides to relocate to a quieter life‚ but he has to battle various demons that are after him. BRIEF SYNOPSIS: In Transylvania‚ COUNT DRACULA’s castle has been turned into a tourist attraction. Count Dracula (40) doesn’t want anything to do with humans or with the tour buses. Dracula is troubled by his inability to scare humans. He no longer feels like the monster he should be. He plans to retire. Dracula makes a deal with a human‚ JOHN HACKER
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The Supernatural‚ a manifestation attributed to some force beyond scientific understanding or the laws of nature (Literary Jewels)‚ examples of that would be ghosts‚ angels‚ and gigantic human sized bugs. The story containing supernatural elements may have a religious purpose‚ such the role of angels and demons in Islam‚ Judaism and Christianity; or the supernatural elements may portray notions about reality such as issues in social justice‚ discrimination‚ or alienation and the sense of belonging
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The third research question focuses on the classic Gothic texts that are incorporated in this corpus. This research question refers to Clive Bloom’s list of significant horror and ghost tales provided in his book Gothic Horror (xiii-xvii). Since fear is part of the emotions of horror as well‚ an intense representation of its linguistic expressions is expected to be found in those works. A certain number of these horror tales were incorporated in the corpus too which were analysed in order to detect
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Throughout the years the culture and how people have viewed vampires has dramatically changed. The older version of the vampire took on the persona of an evil blood sucking creature when today the vampire plays the role of the loving good guy in the movies. Today society has embraced the vampire as an iconic character and spurned the imagination of girls across the country. Twilight‚ True Blood‚ and Vampire Diaries are at the top of the list when it comes to most popular vampire flicks but a new
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Brian Newman 10/4/16 Ms.Schroter English IV Frankenstein as a gothic novel Frankenstein can be described as a gothic novel because of some of the characteristics of how it was written. There are many different characteristics of a gothic novel that make this a gothic novel. Some of these characteristics include having a gloomy setting which was shown throughout the whole novel. The supernatural element of the monster is another example of a gothic novel. The last example of a gothic novel displayed
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