Being an outsider is not an easy thing and that is proven almost everyday in some way. An outsider comes in all shapes‚ and forms no matter the location whether it is school‚ home‚ work‚ etc. an outsider faces the constant day to day struggle of trying to fit in with their surroundings. In the novel “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao” written by Junot Díaz‚ the effects- mentally‚ physically‚ and emotionally- of outsiderness can be seen in many ways. In his novel Díaz shows how different things
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KATERINA BANTINAKI The Paradox of Horror: Fear as a Positive Emotion With its roots in the English gothic novel of the eighteenth century and a body of work that spreads across different media‚ the horror genre has persisted in art for more than a century‚ gaining gradual popularity among audiences. Its success has been particularly pronounced in cinema‚ where horror films like The Exorcist‚ Jaws‚ Alien‚ Silence of the Lambs‚ and numerous others rank among the major box office hits in cinematic
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Horror has been a long time one of the most popular categories of films in the movie industry. People liked to watch horror films to be afraid and to outdo their fears: "On a psychological level‚ the horror film dramatizes our nightmares‚ so that we can confront them" (Sigmund Freud‚ p.644). Gradually‚ because horror films became too repetitive and too numerous‚ people got used to watching them and were no longer terrified. Even if horror films do not scare us‚ why do we continue to watch them? The
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Throughout reading the novel The Night Circus‚ I noticed the similarities between this world of fiction and the world I currently reside in. This encouraged me to think about the type of person Erin Morgenstern must have been‚ and the place she must have been in while creating this novel. The references to older works of literature and cleaver use of word play implies that she is the type of person who has spent her while life reading; Someone who has a love for the craft that is writing‚ over all
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The gothic genre involves a combination of horrific‚ grotesque fictional stories. In this Gothic Literature class‚ we have read and discussed many stories of the gothic genre that include death‚ terror‚ frightening situations‚ and many more gothic elements. However‚ out of all the stories that we had read‚ some portray a more gothic theme than others. “Sardonicus”‚ a story written by Ray Russel in 1961‚ is an example of this. This story contains many of the Gothic elements we have discussed in class
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Similarly to the Paradox of Horror‚ we also seem to be in a sort of paradoxical state when we experience pleasure from watching films of a melancholic nature. We in engage with these fictions and we experience aesthetic pleasure from these feelings of sadness that they stir up. This stands in conflict with everyday life‚ where most people seek to avoid sadness in order to avoid experiencing the negative feelings that are associated with real sadness. Some attempts to resolve this paradox amounts
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The 1896 short story “The Striding Place” by Gertrude Atherton is one tale that could be described as a chilling story that is gothic in nature. Many factors can characterize a story as gothic‚ even features as simple as the author’s and narrator’s word choice. This story can be called gothic because it has multiple elements that help prove this classification is correct. The gothic setting‚“ high‚ even overwrought emotion”(Elements of the Gothic Novel)‚ and supernatural or unexplainable element
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Horror films have been around since the late 19th century to terrify audiences by engaging them with visual and auditory language such as using lighting‚ camera techniques‚ sound and music. These elements have been used effectively in the 2013 American supernatural horror film‚ The Conjuring‚ directed by an Australian director‚ James Wan. His film is based off a true story about a family with five daughters who move to a dilapidated farmhouse. As paranormal events begin to occur they contact demonologists
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Gothic literature was first introduced in the United States in the nineteenth century. During this time there was a war and people had quite a hectic life. The gothic elements of death‚ psychological issues‚ and fascination with the past are present in the novel Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs and in the short stories “Black Cat” by Edgar Allan Poe‚ “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner‚ and “Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment” by Nathaniel Hawthorne. In the novel Miss Peregrine’s
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Through the years‚ “Scary movies” or horror films have been a standout compared to other genres‚ even though many people do not choose to watch horror films.Between these two conflicting opinions‚ both writers try looking into to talk regarding three fundamental topics within the genre and the contrasts to viewpoints. The two scholars Carroll and Tudor both made strong arguments on "Why Horror?". In Carroll’s argument‚ he makes claims that the audience that chooses to watch horror films have because
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