classic Gothic texts that are incorporated in this corpus. This research question refers to Clive Bloom’s list of significant horror and ghost tales provided in his book Gothic Horror (xiii-xvii). Since fear is part of the emotions of horror as well‚ an intense representation of its linguistic expressions is expected to be found in those works. A certain number of these horror tales were incorporated in the corpus too which were analysed in order to detect the collected words of fear and compare them
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The “Final Girl”: The Exploration of Gender in Slasher/Horror Movies Much is made of the anti-female sentiments expressed in slasher/horror films. The classic scenario or formula used in most slasher movies includes the psycho-killer who slashes to death a string of mostly female victims‚ one-by one‚ until he himself is killed or subdued by the final survivor‚ usually the female lead character. The slasher film is rife with forbidden sexual overtones and graphic bloody violence‚ making
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power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.¨ By using descriptive language the author allows the reader to create a picture of the story in their head. In the story ¨Stop the Sun¨ by Gary Paulsen‚ the author uses descriptive adjectives and figurative language to develop the setting mood and characters. In ¨Stop the Sun¨‚ the author uses descriptive adjectives to develop the setting and characters. In the story the author described the father’s PTSD attacks
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it is dream or reality‚ and characters – that are just “a little too friendly and helpful” – that leave the audience second-guessing who can and cannot be trusted. The film feels all too real to even be considered a horror film‚ which may be why it is one of the most effective horror films ever made. 1. Angles (high‚
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We are all aware of the unspeakable things that happened in the Holocaust. The Holocaust was one of the worst mass murderings in history. On the day of january 30‚ 1933 Adolf Hitler announced the Final solution. This stated that all Jews were to be sent away to concentration camps. The biggest of which was Auschwitz. Auschwitz was originally a camp for Polish political prisoners. Then it shut its doors‚ but little did anyone know it got reinstated. The camp of Auschwitz was soon to be the site of
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What Makes ‘The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde’ an Effective Horror Story? The most famous shilling shocker of the Victorian Era was “The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde”‚ the 1886 novel by Robert Louis Stevenson. It is set in Victorian London where the lawyer‚ Mr Utterson investigates a strange relationship between his client‚ Dr Henry Jekyll and the mysterious figure‚ Mr Edward Hyde. But the novella takes an unexpected twist when the very well respected Dr Jekyll reveals that his
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Horror films Movies have been growing increasingly more explicit for years. Horror films are no longer based on a cleverly written script with lots of twists and turns‚ but rather how graphic and twisted the images are throughout the movie. Horror films are appealing to viewers for various reasons. In fact‚ according to some film critics‚ “good” horror films have particular characteristics. Maggie McCutcheon in “Too Disturbing‚ Too Shocking‚” According to Olson‚ people particularly enjoy experiencing
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The 3 Basic Types of Descriptive Research Methods One of the goals of science is description (other goals include prediction and explanation). Descriptive research methods are pretty much as they sound — they describe situations. They do not make accurate predictions‚ and they do not determine cause and effect. There are three main types of descriptive methods: observational methods‚ case-study methods and survey methods. This article will briefly describe each of these methods‚ their advantages
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wasn’t always fine because he was trying moving forward. It’s really what we’re all doing‚ searching for answers‚ healing pain‚ and trying to be the master of our own destiny each day. As funny as it sounds‚ the book made me want to learn about Rocky Horror Picture Show. I had never seen the film‚ but I am willing to
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In this final assignment I will talk about the patriarchal fear of female sexuality. I will also be dealing with a brief summary of the female figure in the gothic novel. To begin with‚ I will give a brief summary of the changes that experimented the topics of the nineteenth century novel; then I will comment on the description which some scholars give about the woman of the nineteenth century. I will also exemplify the patriarchal fear of female sexuality by using two of the texts studied in the
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