How does neil Marshall use cinematography and lighting to demonstrate symbolism and intertextual references in The Descent? In this essay I’m going to write about how elements of lighting and cinematography are used to build suspense throughout the film. The Descent is about six women who embark on a caving expedition‚ only to find that they become trapped inside of the cave and must defend themselves against a strange breed of monsters that lurk in the dark shadows of the cave. The scene I am
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Summary - The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde is a hilarious and playful look at the spirit world. It takes place in an 1800 British Castle‚ known as Canterville Chase. Residents in the area think a ghost haunts the castle. The story has an unexpected ending as Mr. Simon’s ghost eventually befriends Virginia‚ the daughter of the owners of Canterville Chase. An American minister and his family live at the castle. These people especially the father‚ Mr. Otis‚ do not believe in ghosts. The twins
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year’s leaves. A Cliff Dwelling There sandy seems the golden sky And golden seems the sandy plain. No habitation meets the eye Unless in the horizon rim‚ Some halfway up the limestone wall‚ That spot of black is not a stain Or shadow‚ but a cavern hole‚ Where someone used to climb and crawl To rest from his besetting fears. I see the callus on his soul The disappearing last of him And of his race starvation slim‚ Oh years ago - ten thousand years A Dream Pang I had withdrawn in
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Observe‚ Observing‚ Observed‚ Observation QUESTIONS Activity 1 1) What was the “hardest to hear” sound that you recorded? (Which sound was the “softest” or “most faint” that you could still discern?) The hardest sound to hear was a siren in the distance. The most faint was kids playing‚ while the softest was the buzz of the air conditioner unit working. 2) What sounds had the highest pitch? (Say‚ a light breeze. That’s only one example) The highest pitch sound was from a motorcycle
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Edgar Allan Poe’s short story "The Cask of Amontillado" is the story of a man named Montresor who decides to seek revenge against a man named Fortunato who has insulted him. He meets Fortunato at a carnival‚ lures him into the catacombs of his home‚ and buries him alive. Edgar Allen Poe creates a dark and foreboding mood in his story "The Cask of Amontillado" through the use of vivid imagery‚ dark setting‚ and a revengeful tone. Throughout the short story‚ Poe uses powerful descriptions to show
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Goonies Movie Review The Goonies is set in a neighborhood right off the coast of the ocean‚called the goondocks. Their neighborhood is in trouble because of a rich person wanting to buy off all the houses in the area for some country club. On their last days their spirit is lowered because of Mikey’s older brother‚ he was mad because he failed his driving exam again. The goonies decide to go through things in the attic when the find a old news paper with some bad people. Then one of the boys finds
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its comfort zone. Our brains like to stitch information together in a rational form‚ poetry clashes head on with your brain and forces it to look at emotions not as an abstract feeling but as a tangible object that we can relate to. Poetry is like a cavern‚ if you have a flashlight you still won’t be able to fully study its meaning for existence. You need something more‚ something brighter like your brain. Your brain will take bits of information and weave it together like a puzzle until something rational
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and should be submissive‚ and that yielding to Antigone is no less than an inconceivable and unforgivable act. Despite the fact that he is related to Antigone‚ the bride-to-be of his son‚ Creon sentences her to death‚ keeping her in a rocky‚ dark cavern in which Antigone later committed suicide by hanging herself from a noose of muslin. Distraught and grief-stricken because of his Antigone’s death‚ Haemon attacks his father with a sword but failed‚ plunging it deep into his ribs instead. Upon knowing
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The character Montresor in “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allen Poe is a character for a close psychoanalytic approach and study. This short story is teeming with the need to be analyzed from a psychoanalytic viewpoint. The very first line when Montresor states‚ “The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could; but when he ventured upon insult‚ I vowed revenge.” (Poe 160)‚ clearly indicates that the protagonist of the story will not be a stable character. When the character says
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The deepest darkness of caverns and the moonless darkness of the night gave birth to the simple life forms of the sea and many water plants. Next the darkness of the deep and the darkness broken up by slivers of light bore many children which were the fish. Next darkness of night
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