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    Analysis of Southern Gothic Literature Southern Gothic literature‚ which is a sub-genre of the Gothic writing style‚ is unique to the American South. Southern Gothic literature has many of the same aspects as Gothic literature; it focuses on topics such as death‚ madness‚ and the super natural as well has having many mystical‚ bizarre‚ violent‚ and grotesque aspects. These tools are used "to explore social issues and reveal the cultural character of the American South (Wikipedia)." The authors

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    Compare franks murder of his 3 victims Frank lovingly describes the murder of his three victims. Banks may have been influenced by the ‘video nasties’ from 1970s-80s that has helped shape and form the way he has presented the deaths of his victims. The similarities of each victim are the way Frank disposes of them are all disturbing. The difference is that the reason for their disposal all have different underlining themes and messages that Banks may present his view through. When Frank was

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    The Influence and Meaning of Gothic Literature Gothic is termed in the dictionary with crude and barbaric‚ this definition coincides with gothic literature. Gothic literature was said to be born in 1764 when Horace Walpole published The Castle of Otranto‚ which is considered to be the first gothic novel ever written. Gothic literature explores the aggression between what we fear and what we lust. The setting of these gothic stories were usually in some kind of castle or old building that showed

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    Gothic literature displays that the world is not always as it seems; usually through horror making the reader question the morality and truth of everyday life. Notable authors such as Edgar Allan Poe‚ Richard Matheson‚ and Horacio Quiroga use violence (as well as death and blood) and entrapment in order to show how naivete and innocence are exploited and taken for granted. Moreover‚ the idea of entrapment comes to fruition often in gothic literature‚ and usually happens to those who are innocent

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    People Are Not Innocent Until Proven Guilty Some individuals say people are innocent until proven guilty. This is not the case for everybody. For example‚ in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird there are two characters‚ Tom Robinson and Boo Radley who are thought of badly by some of the people because they are different than the norm. Due to the fact that Boo and Tom are different then the rest‚ people tend to jump to conclusions. They assume that they are guilty before they are proven guilty. Tom

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    Dracula‚ by Bram Stoker‚ is quite the epitome of the gothic novel. Towards the beginning of the story‚ the setting takes place in an old and ominous castle‚ which is highly characteristic of gothic literature. Harker’s tribulation begins when “the driver was in the act of pulling up the horses in the courtyard of a vast ruined castle‚” (Stoker 18). There is also a gloomy and menacing tone given to the setting of the novel‚ as in most pieces of gothic literature. This gloom is evident early on in the

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    challenges faced with victims of human trafficking which among others include psychological disorders such as vicarious trauma. 1. How vicarious trauma might influence the way the criminal justice system handles trafficking victims: Most trafficking victims have been through frustrating moments that torment them day-in-day-out throughout their lives. The criminal justice system is‚ therefore‚ meant to take into consideration the psychological condition of the trafficking victims when they are taken

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    Yummy: A Bully or A Victim?     As said by Haniel Long‚ “A gang is the same as a wolfpack; gang members do not use their energies in friendship with one another‚ for they do not know what friendship is. If they are united‚ it is by the common bond of a desire to attack their world.”(doublequotes.net)  Throughout the book Yummy‚ Robert “Yummy” Sandifer does not have any parental role models in his life and has nowhere left to go. He decides to join the Black Disciples‚ a gang. He refers to the Black

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    Marketing proposal for Innocent smoothies Introduction In this assignment I will be analysing what Innocent products the public buys and what new product will sell in the current market today. I will be finding this out by looking at the research I have did in the previous task. Choosing the new product will depend on the target audience‚ economy in the world and the price. This is then followed by the cost and completion of the product. The aim is to release a new

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    Julie Fallows 6423747 Sean Moreland November 27‚ 2012 Ambiguity of American Gothic Anxieties Since the 19h century‚ American Gothic fiction started to exist independently from the British type. In fact‚ the latter was marked by its use of fantastic‚ externalized and metaphysical elements as opposed to the boundaries of American Gothic fiction in which were expressed by historical‚ internalized‚ racial and psychological characteristics. (Edwards‚ XVII) In Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven‚ Fall

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