The inspiration of nature in design created a movement of Organic Architecture through functionalism and minimalism since the 1800’s influencing some of the greatest architects to emerge. Functionalist architects and artists design utilitarian structures in which the Organic Architecture dictates the development within and moves outward in harmony with its surroundings‚ without regard to such traditional devices as axial symmetry and classical proportions or any other heavy ornamentation. Louis
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Brianna Smith March 8‚ 2012 Honors English II Southern Gothic Literature Southern Gothic Literature is a genre that focuses on events occurring in the American South after the Civil War. It involves supernatural events‚ monsters‚ heroes‚ and must reveal social and cultural issues. Boo Radley‚ a character who lives in Maycomb‚ fits the supernatural role in Southern Gothic Literature. To fit this role‚ ironic and unusual events should occur involving that person. Boo does a lot of unusual things
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Gothic Literature "We make up horrors to help us cope with the real ones" (Stephen King). This quote could explain why humans have a fascination with horror and the frightening‚ which are present in many Gothic novels. Since the 18th century‚ Gothic Fiction has become a famous genre. Gothic Literature is unique and has certain elements that it consists of. It uses a combination of the supernatural‚ scary‚ and the frightening to deliver its point to the reader. From the beginning of the genre
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Gothic Conventions used in The Others: The film ‘The Others’ made by Alejandro Amenabar in 2011 is a film about a woman who lives with her two photosensitive children in their large‚ old home which she believes is haunted by ghosts. This film uses a large range of techniques and ideas to emphasise and contribute to its gothic themes. These techniques include dark and light imagery‚ symbolism and setting. The Others also uses traditional gothic ideas to develop these themes throughout the movie‚
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Gothic Literature Comparative Essay In the movie ‘Coraline ‘ and the texts ‘The Red Room’‚ ‘The Yellow Wallpaper”’ and ‘Northanger Abbey’‚ there are many aspects of gothic literature present‚ gothic literature is used to create mystery and a sense of something odd to come. Coraline is a movie about a young girl who discovers a parallel universe in the new house she moved into‚ The Red Room is about a supposedly haunted room‚ Northanger Abbey is about a girl who is spending some time in an old
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American Gothic as a distinctive American literature provides substantive insights into the history and culture of the United States. Its roots trace back to 18th century when in 1781 a highly religious farmer ritually murdered his wife and four kids after religious voices told him to. Beyond comprehension and strange story caught the attention of a lawyer Charles Brockden Brown‚ who later used motives of this bloody murder in his book Wieland (1798). The book is a story of conversion of mature and
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Gothic American literature explores the human capacity of evil and includes elements of fantasy and supernatural. Instead of looking at the good in people‚ Gothic authors always sought out the bad. Works written during this time had characters such as monsters‚ gargoyles‚ and the devil. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs‚ “The Black Cat” by Edgar A. Poe‚ and “The Devil and Tom Walker” by Washington Irving all have elements of Gothic literature such as supernatural characters
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background on gothic literature is needed. This movement was started in the late 1700’s in response to the romantic era. Whereas the romantic era romanticized science‚ knowledge‚ and everyday life‚ the gothic movement sought to show the opposite views. All classes were know becoming literate‚ and the upper classes worried about the influence of knowledge on lower classes. The fear was that uncontrolled learning as a child could result in imbalanced adults (C4 328-9‚ 40). Thereby a gothic work’s intent
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Greek and Roman architecture gave us remarkable images in history. Romans continued and developed the heritage of the architects of the Greek civilization‚ and the Romans had all respect for their traditions and the established architectural orders‚ especially the Corinthian order‚ this was proved as it was seen in many of their huge buildings. Both of these groups showed how their own structural creations to define their perfections. The Greeks biased to the post and lintel construction‚ while the
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Women in gothic literature are presented as either evil or victims how far do you agree? The Gothic genre is an increasingly popular area for feminist studies‚ showing contrasts in society at the time and the expectations of women within it. In pre industrial times‚ women were expected to play a subservient role to men‚ they were expected to marry young and bare children‚ they would simply care for their husbands and support the family‚ they were denied the right to vote or own property and were
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