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    During my time reading to children at Jefferson Elementary school‚ I observed how a child’s knowledge of archetypes alters their perceptions of the particular book they are reading. I read the children’s book Are You My Mother by P. D. Eastman‚ and I witnessed three examples of how archetypes might have affected their view of the story: the caregiver role‚ the gender roles‚ and the hero and villain role. I read to two girls and right away I could tell that they were aware of what a mother should

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    Terror and Horror in Short Stories (Martynova Ann) Edgar Allan Poe‚ an American poet‚ critic and writer of the XIX-th century‚ is a world- recognised master of the horror genre. Poe’s Tales of Arabesque clearly demonstrate his talent for cultivation of mystery‚ terror‚ and macabre. The process of this horror cultivation is very subtle and complicated. Poe‚ like an artist of arabesque who intertwines and interlaces flowers into an elaborate pattern‚ weaves a net of mystery and horror and entangles

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    CARL JUNG AND THE THEORY OF ARCHETYPES Background Carl Gustav Jung was born July 26‚ 1875‚ in the small Swiss village of Kessewil...He was surrounded by a fairly well educated extended family‚ including quite a few clergymen and some eccentrics as well. [Jung’s father] started Carl on Latin when he was six years old‚ beginning a long interest in language and literature -- especially ancient literature. Besides most modern western European languages‚ Jung could read several ancient ones‚ including

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    The Archetype of a Noble Savage The definition of a noble savage is a primitive human representing natural goodness and simplicity when not encumbered by civilization. When born‚ humans are naturally good. We are naturally benevolent and compassionate creatures and it is only through the corruption from society and others do we become immoral. The Monster consistently displays this trait by doing noble things‚ but by the influence of society he becomes evil and malicious. Therefore‚ the idea

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    Rosenfeld Words The Little Shop of Horrors Critique I. Plot a. Descriptive The plot of The Little Shop of Horrors is very captivating. As the play goes on‚ different people get fed to the plant one by one under different circumstances. Seymore in the end feels the worst when his love Audrey gets eaten by the plant and he regrets the fame and fortune that has come from it all. b. Prescriptive The Little Shop of Horrors would have been better if Audrey had not been eaten by the plant

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    Europe. He later becomes known as also the most talented ivory exporter in the Congo as well. Kurtz’s death‚ the pinnacle of the novella‚ reveals to those reading that Kurtz is terrified‚ of what exactly is uncertain‚ as he screams aloud “The Horror! The horror!” (144) The most correct interpretation of this statement would be that Kurtz’s upbringing in Europe made him an ignorant and greedy man‚ and thus‚ when he travels to the congo‚ leads him to become a tyrannical leader of both the company (for

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    The Horrors of Concentration Camps In 1933‚ Adolf Hitler lead a deadly regime that led to the Holocaust. His plan was to kill anyone that was unfit to the Aryan race including Jews‚ gypsies‚ and mentally ill people. Undesirables were forced to work in brutal concentration camps where they were malnourished‚ tortured‚ and worked in inhumane conditions. The most notorious camp was Auschwitz which had three parts named Auschwitz One‚ Birkenau‚ and Monowitz. Auschwitz One was the largest camp‚ with

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    Characte archetype - hero Rapunzel overcome many hardships to finally find love and her parents. Character archetype -the villain Gothel is the women who posed as the mother of Rapunzel. She wanted that Rapunzel not the leave her home. Symbolic archetype - Rapunzel’s hair: Rapunzel have a magic hair that glows when she sings‚ it can also heal wounds and manages to achieve eternal youth to whoever touches. Situation archetype - Task Rapunzel’s task is to find the way out of the

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    To get the right feel of a poem or the overall theme‚ you must be able to understand what the poet is trying to reveal to you. Luckily I understood very well what the poet was trying to communicate when I read “egg horror poem”‚ by Laurel Winter. I believe that Winter wanted to make the reader feel as if they were one of the eggs‚ feeling all of the suspenseful emotions that come with being an egg‚ she does this by using imagery words‚ voice‚ and her ideas. This involves making me feel like I am

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    of Horror movies Many people would say that their favorite way to have fun is to go to a beautiful beach and build sand castles or hang out with their friends at the mall. But for me‚ put me in a dark theater with a murderous psychopath on the loose threatening teenagers and I am happy. I am a lover of horror movies. This is something that I don’t always tell people‚ because it seems kind of weird to enjoy being scared and grossed out by lots of blood and gore. But in fact‚ I love horror movies

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