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    The Southern Stereotype

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    Long Live Southern Stereotypes Ever since Scarlett O’Hara struggled to find love and Andy Taylor was elected Mayberry’s Sheriff‚ filmmakers and television producers have yet to lose any fondness for stereotyping the southern culture. There are many who despise any form of labeling or stereotyping within the media‚ fearing false characterizations or inaccurate portrayals of southern customs‚ traditions‚ and people. Exposure to southern stereotypes through media is an appealing element in the American

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    Gothic Architecture

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    2013 Development of Gothic Architecture The 11th to 15th centuries observed a great increase in the presence of the Christian Church within Europe. The Crusades were a strong cause for this surge in the Christian religion. The growing population of the Church increased the demand for a Christian presence in architectural monuments during the Romanesque and Gothic periods‚ which lead to a great cathedral construction boom across Europe. The Gothic architectural styles were distinctive in not

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    values of medieval art and architecture can be split up into five major styles‚ early Christian‚ Byzantine‚ Islamic‚ Romanesque and Gothic. The most influential period was the Gothic‚ which is known for its significant change from classical architecture; this change from classical architecture aided in the Gothic era’s transformation to its own identity. The Medieval period is known for its constant warfare and battle‚ and most people feared death and eternal damnation; the Catholic Church gained its

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    Southern Hospitality

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    Evaluation People have come to the conclusion that Southern Hospitality is well and alive today. We have people traveling all around the country for vacations‚ visiting family‚ work‚ and much more; but do they really know what people of the South are really like if they were to come live here? Southern Hospitality is a growing myth that does not exist‚ and barely existed back in the days. Sure people were generally more civil and socially mannered‚ but that did not mean you could dub a whole Southern Region

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    Gothic Literature

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    The gothic style originated in Europe during the 12th to the 18th century. It applied to medieval styles of art and architecture‚ particularly buildings such as cathedrals and other churches. Gothic literature began in England with the novel the ‘Castle of Oranto’ by Horace Walpole. From this novel‚ gothic fiction developed and flourished‚ becoming a significant literary genre that inspired famous works such as Frankenstein‚ Dracula and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Gothic texts share the central theme

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    Gothic Theme

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    ascend from the lower qualities of people and bare individuals to develop even more immoral ambitions. Overtime‚ those temptations could worsen and became more severe‚ in which the person develops a lack of self-control with major inflictions and regrets. A clash between good and evil‚ hero and tyrant is a basic foundation to gothic literature where Robert Louis Stevenson brought the internal battle in the gothic story‚ The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Gothic setting are critical to any story

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    Gothic Architecture

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    Gothic Architecture Gothic Architecture is a very interesting topic that I chose because of its unique style. It was originated in the 12th century France to the 16th century‚ and it was also known as Frankish work. Gothic Architecture came from Romanesque architecture and was succeeded by Renaissance architecture. This style was mostly used by cathedrals builders. This type of architecture is commonly seen in Europe mostly in cathedrals‚ abbeys and churches. It is also common for castles‚ palaces

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    Gothic Essay Gothic literature can be described in various ways. There are numerous elements such as death‚ tragedy and corruption that make up this genre‚ however there is a lot more to it. Accidents of life and the inevitability of fate are commonly seen in many gothic texts and most themes are mutual throughout plays‚ novels and poems. The dark element intrigues us and back in the 1900’s‚ when gothic literature was very common‚ it no doubt scared people. Historically‚ people around the time

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    Southern Patriarchy

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    After her father dies‚ Emily meets Homer Barron and after learning he will leave her she poisons him. At the end of the story‚ the townspeople discover his body in a room in Emily’s house after she has died. In this essay feminist theories like the southern patriarchy and her father’s control over Emily will be applied to explain how it contributed to Emily’s bizarre personality and the eventual murder of Homer Barron. The feminist theory can be shown through Emily’s dependence on her father both economically

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    Gothic Essay

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    Royse Ap English 12-13-12 Gothic Essay Over the centuries‚ the American fascination for the grotesque and mysterious elements of Gothic literature never died off since its beginnings with Horace Walpole’s The Castle of Otranto in 1764. The novel was a success; its creative usage of a remote and obscure setting‚ the supernatural and medieval motifs were found so attractive that its imitations began rapidly publishing across America. Very soon‚ the Gothic genre was an established classic

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