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    CORALINE Adapted from a Neil Gaiman book‚ the story of Coraline would be best described as a gothic‚ horror. It’s nothing like most fairy tales‚ this movie features lots of intense action and lots of spots throughout the movie that gives you an adrenaline rush. It offers a good range of the strange‚ abnormal and supernatural storyline which includes; bugs‚ ghosts‚ and the terrible Other mother. Coraline can be viewed as a dark and grim fairy tale by most people that choose to watch it. Coraline

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    and issues into a story while not directly addressing said theme. In “Cathedral” Raymond Carver uses the narrator‚ the husband‚ to illustrate the aversion many people have toward the disabled community. Carver uses the narrator to exhibit common behaviors people in the real world have toward the disabled‚ such as avoiding contact. The husband exhibits this kind of behavior when the blind man asks the husband to draw a cathedral while he holds onto his hands while he draws it. He also shows some kind

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    Mike Wilcox Eng. 113 12-1250 Mr. Canipe 28 November 2007 Blindness is considered a disability. The person with a disability in Raymond Carver’s “Cathedral” is Bub. A person can be handicapped mentally. Bub is self-centered‚ and lives inside his own world. He is “blind” to the world around him and does not wish to open his mind to anything outside of his ignorant‚ pathetic‚ mundane life. Robert opens Bub’s mind‚ enabling Bub to see Robert as a person first‚ and not a blind man. Robert is

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    When we consider the gothic atmosphere in “the Masque of the Red Death”‚ the first element that comes to mind is setting. In Poe’s short story‚ the tale takes place in an unknown country‚ with no fixed date or geographical situation. When we think about the film adaptation‚ deducing from the tarot card used by the man in red it is safe to say the country is Europe taking into account the names‚ clothing and even some gothic architecture in background. This is reflective of Dante divine comedy it

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    Question 9: The construction of the Florence Cathedral began in 1296. It would take 140 years to finally be completed. In August 1418 an architectural completion was held in order to find out who would design the Dome that would eventually top the Cathedral. The two main competitors were Lorenzo Ghiberti and Filippo Brunelleschi‚ both of which had competed earlier to earn the job of creating a pair of Bronze doors of the Baptistery in 1401. While Ghiberti had won the right to build the doors Brunelleschi

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    SESSION 2012/2013 GKA 2043 Research Methodology Title: The Study of Gothic Style and Its Influence on Modern Day Concept Arts Introduction: Gothic art flourished from the 12th century to the 16th century in Europe in response of the Byzantine and Romanesque tradition. Although Gothic is associated with arts‚ its most prominent use is in architecture‚ mainly for its pointed arch and flying buttress. To this day‚ the Gothic style is taken as a ‘label’ for visual arts such as concept art designs

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    Jason Forte` 1/3/13 Gothic Essay 865 words Throughout Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Masque of the Red Death‚ the reader seems to become enthralled with the sense and reality of the utmost peculiarity. The seems to show masquerade how seemingly good lighthearted men are summoned to evil and warned of their treachery time and time again until death takes its final toll. The structure itself is obviously dark‚ but moreover the Prince‚ Abby and the different colored rooms seem to all point towards a dark

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    Brianna D’Itri Mrs. Bixler A. P. English 12 11 February 2013 Title The ‘Southern Gothic’ genre is captured greatly in Tennessee Williams’s novel A Streetcar Named Desire. By hyperbolizing the cast’s personalities‚ the story takes on an eerie quality. Our introduction to the cast begins with Blanche‚ arguably the most off-putting of all the personalities presented. Blanche comes to New Orleans on the brink of insanity only to see that her sister‚ once the perfect southern belle just like

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    Gothic Horror Story Heather Monkhouse The rain fell down like tiny stones upon the weathered roof. It’s a gentle shower just now but the forecast said it is to get worse. The rain was making the atmosphere even darker and stuffier than usual. Save this. It is a normal Saturday night and as usual parents are out for some “time to themselves” I don’t have any brothers or sisters and I’m not aloud out because of the weather‚ so I’m left in myself for the night. My parents have left me in

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    In every dark story many authors use gothic elements to intensify the suspense on what will happen next. In " The Fall Of The House Of Usher‚" Edgar Poe uses suspense‚ symbolism‚ and gloomy atmospheres to pave the plot of the story. In "The Fall Of The House Of Usher‚" the author uses suspense to give the reader uncertainty about the conclusion. For instance‚ the author specifically creates suspense by creating wonders and attempting to conclude what will happen next such as‚ " I dread the events

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