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    of Blake’s Use of Archetypes) As English poets emerged in the eighteenth century‚ William Blake’s name became a topic of discussion. He was a well-known poet who had one eye on mystical visions and the other on the real social ills around him. The way he expressed his mystical vision side was through archetypes‚ plot patterns‚ character types‚ or ideas with emotional power and widespread appeal. These were sometimes viewed as ways to describe truths about humanity. “In archetypes‚ there is the Nurturer

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    “The Horror” IP In Conrad’s Heart of Darkness‚ Kurtz is referring to truth itself when he utters his final words. Marlow speaks of Kurtz after his death‚ “He had summed up – he had judged. ‘The horror!’ He was a remarkable man. After all‚ this was the expression of some sort of belief; it had candor‚ it had conviction‚ it had a vibrating note of revolt in its whisper‚ it had the appalling face of a glimpsed truth” (Conrad 65). In his last breath‚ Kurtz reveals to Marlow the terrifying nature of

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    Title: Little Shop of Horrors Type: Musical Script Author: Howard Ashman The story of Little Shop of Horrors is about a young man named Seymour Krelborn who is a nerdy orphan working at Mushnik’s flower shop in urban Skid Row. He has a big crush on fellow co-worker Audrey. One day Seymour comes across a strange mysterious unidentified plant which he purchases and names Audrey II. Seymour later discovers that the plant feeds on blood and soon it begins to sing for its supper. Audrey has a cruel

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    Cited: Wells‚ Ida B. Southern horrors and other writings : the anti-lynching campaign of Ida B. Wells‚ 1892-1900. Edited and with an introduction by Jacqueline Jones Royster. Boston : Bedford Books‚ 1997.

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    It started as a 1960 Roger Corman horror comedy‚ filmed in two days; it then inspired a lavish 1982 Broadway musical with music and lyrics by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman. Finally in 1986‚ Little Shop of Horrors (1960) graduated into a multimillion-dollar‚ all-star film musical. Rick Moranis plays nebbishy Seymour Krelborn‚ who works in a rundown flower shop on Skid Row. While his boss (Vincent Gardenia) bemoans the lack of business‚ Seymour seeks a way of bringing the shop -- and himself -- fame

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    species have rooted in our minds. These universal images are called archetypes‚ and they vary from the image of fire to the image of motherhood. Three stories in particular this year have reflected to a great extent Jung’s proposed archetypes. These are the Bible’s story of Moses‚ Ernest Gaines’ A lesson Before Dying‚ and Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451. All three of these stories present to the reader many archetypes; however‚ the archetype of rebirth is the most impertinent in the Bible’s story of Moses

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    loving mother. Instead‚ motherhood can likewise revolve around abuse‚ possession‚ monstrosity‚ and hatred. This contradictory role of motherhood is often represented in maternal horror films‚ in which the mother‚ or the female figure‚ is the source of the dysfunctionality and horror within the family. Maternal horror films revolve around the “bad” mothers‚ who are violent‚ anti-social‚ abusive‚ oppressive‚ and dominating. The maternal figure of a “bad” mother challenges the traditional perspectives

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    Donqua Williams Effects of Horror movies in the society If you were to take a survey of how many people like to watch horror movies‚ I’m pretty sure most people wouldn’t choose horror films. According to Sparks‚ watching horrifying films will cause physical reactions such as sweaty pants‚ tense muscles‚ a spike in blood pressure and/or an increase in heart rate. Some people don’t like to watch horror movies because they have bad dreams or don’t like sleeping in the dark alone. Parents

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    Detective Archetype Essay Sherlock Holmes and the Doctor share qualities such as higher intelligence‚ isolation from society‚ and hyperactivity that shape them into the only ones capable of providing justice for the threatened. The two fit the detective archetype quite well and whether explicit or not‚ the archetype is prevalent in their stories as well as others. Qualities of the detective archetype are represented through each “detective’s” habits‚ actions‚ words‚ thoughts‚ and choices

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    used and attributes lots of symbolic meanings to the characters and events. The story thus becomes vivid and profound. This paper aims at using Swiss psychologist Carl Gustav Jung’s collective unconscious and archetypal theories to interpret the archetypes of characters‚ natural scenes and themes. Key words: symbolism‚ Lord of the Flies‚ collective unconscious‚ archetypal theory 0. Introduction Lord of the Flies is the masterpiece of William Golding. With its medium size‚ the author exerts his imagination

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