minutes after doing all those things I told you to do.” Good mourning/afternoon fellow classmates and teacher‚I if you didn’t guess by now I’ll be talking about urban myths or otherwise known as urban legends. First I’ll be talking about what is a urban legend. Right away you think of the urban legend bloody Mary or now the infamous Slender-man‚ those are probably the most famous one of them I’ll be talking about throughout my speech‚ that one being bloody Mary. Urban myths really started as long
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Urban legends have been the highlight of the unknown. A way for people to make sense of things they do not know. Urban legends usually do have some true story basis but over time these stories get fabricated. Over time we are introduced to these stories and really wonder what part of these stories are real and is fabrication. So I have decided to expand and really look into the origins of a few urban legends that are lesser known. We will explore the legends of the vanishing hitchhiker‚ Walt Disney
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In a book written by urban legend specialist Jan Brunvand‚ “The Vanishing Hitchhiker‚” there is a trilling chapter about the theme of contamination in different urban legends. Whether it is about food or body contamination‚ those legends of contagion have been in place for quite some time‚ but not always exactly in the same form. The way those legends are infiltrated in our culture can tell us a lot about their importance and their evolution. The two legends “Alligators in the sewers” and “Spider
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The famous legend “The Lochness Monster” is a well known mystery that has puzzled people since it’s first sighting in 1933. The Lochness Monster is said to be living in the Loch Ness lake of Scotland‚ where it remains to be discovered. Nessie‚ the official nickname of the Loch Ness monster‚ has gained popularity by being photographed by tourists and locals. However‚ there is no way to tell if the images are fake or not. There are speculations about the existence of Nessie. Researches and Nessie enthusiasts
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Urban legend is commonly seen as one of the most important and versatile forms of verbal folklore as its applications can be synthesized by anyone anywhere. In my research paper I will be diving deeper into an urban legend local to my hometown of Mahopac‚NY. This urban legend is the legend of “Oniontown”‚ a supposed haven for “In-breds” and “mutants” this town features people who will do anything to remove outsiders from their secretive community. The legend of Oniontown plays off of several aspects
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Legend of the Seeker Misrepresents Every person can name at least one or five or ten books that have been turned into a movie or a television show. Books such as Twilight‚ Harry Potter‚ Lord of the Rings‚ Of Mice and Men‚ Wizards First Rule‚ ‘Romeo and Juliet’ - though that is a play- and many more. But how many of these productions actually portray the book in the fashion in which it was written. My guess is that the number is very few. People read books because they enjoy them and get excited
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How Urban Legends Work In this essay the author Tom Harris tells us how urban legends effects us on how we live‚ the stories that are told can either give us a lesson to be learned or it gives us a warning‚ some stories can be horrific as in the story about the traveling sales man who met a women in Las Vegas and had a few too many drinks and had be drugged and had his kidney removed by a body organ harvesting gang and woke up in a bathroom tube covered in ice and a note to call for help before
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In Legends on the nets‚ Jan Fernback explains how oral culture has developed from past to nowadays‚especially the unique type of oral folklore-urban legends. In addition‚ the author shows what functions oral culture and literate culture have and what the differences among primary orality‚ residual orality and secondary orality. Finally‚ he describes some main characteristics of oral culture. According to the article‚ urban legends are the most important symbols in the historical development of
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Urban legends have long been included in our culture as traditional stories that often provide a moral conclusion cultivated and spread either orally or written on paper. Many of these tales are often misunderstood as a false story‚ however these tales are derived from real life events‚ and are exaggerated and modified as time passes. Urban legends commonly reflect the fears of a society and often include warnings that prevent a certain action or else something unfortunate will happen to the person
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