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    everything that is broken. The need to fix a broken family is one of the most powerful forms of motivation that moves Hamlet to seek vengeance. The problems of his family come in the relationships between Hamlet and his mother‚ his uncle‚ and the ghost of his father. The motivation behind Hamlet’s need for Claudius’ suffering is extremely personal. It is well deserved; Claudius has completely ravaged Hamlet’s family. In an attempt to grab at power‚ Claudius has murdered Hamlet’s father and stolen

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    lives in that bite which is placed ’’on the right of Laurent’s neck‚ just under the ear’’. It is an unusual scar too‚ as it doesn’t seem to go away and the pain varies from time to time.  Whenever Laurent starts thinking of Camille or even sees his ghost‚ his bite would feel ‘’like a hot iron on his skin’’‚ and before Laurent even noticed camille would reappear in his mind and bring a burning sensation to the scar as “the blood had rushed suddenly to his neck and his neck was burning’’ as Camille haunted

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    Nang Nak ultimately a ghost story or a story about the efficacy of Thai Buddhism? Nonzee Nimibutr’s Nang Nak (1999) tells a compelling story of Nak‚ a ghost whose strong longing desires kept her within the human realm. Desperately trying to live a normal life with Mak‚ her husband‚ Nak kills any characters that try to inform the unsuspecting Mak of her death. Eventually Nak goes on a rampage when Mak finally realizes the truth. With the central plot being based mainly on the ghost of Nak and her often

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    Lover’‚ shows that it is not that difficult to put one on the wrong track. The title implies that it might be a ghost story‚ which was still very popular those days‚ but after a first lecture we can conclude that this is not the case. In spite of the spooky setting – such as the old dusty house in a abandoned neighborhood – and implicit assumptions about the potential presence of a ghost‚ there are no explicit clues that come up to the reader’s first expectations. Even the suspicious letter on the

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    and ghosts‚ but readers might say that the main theme is supernatural. Kat’s life starts to become a supernatural teenger as the novel goes on‚and she goes through weird supernatural experiences everyday. In the novel Ssuddenly Ssupernatural Uunhappy Mmedium the theme of supernatural is shown through Kat‚ Kats friends‚ ghosts. One of the ways that the theme supernatural is shown is through the main character Kat. In the beginning of this novel‚ when Kat realizes that she can see ghosts she was

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    Do you believe in ghosts? You know‚ the spirits of dead people that are somehow stuck between the living world and the next world. As a result‚ these “spirits” haunt places such as graveyards‚ hospitals and abandoned homes. Many artists often portray these spirits in their work; movies‚ television shows‚ music‚ documentaries‚ and short stories. Short stories that include a ghost‚ or simply takes as a premise the possibility of ghosts or characters’ belief in them are called ghost stories (Margaret)

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    “looking for ghosts”. They are a traveling ghost seeker couple. They saw the Inn on the “Most Haunted Hotels and Inns” So they decided to go there. Corey and Travis over hear them talking about how they want to see a ghost and if they do they’re going to get their entire ghost seeking friends to come to the Inn and stay. Corey thought it’d get their grandma more business so they decided that the couple would see a ghost. The next day Corey and Travis convinced the couple that they saw a ghost the night

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    Is The Legend of Sleepy Hollow a good ghost story? If we want to know whether The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is a good ghost story‚ we have to learn what makes a good ghost story at first. A good ghost story always make you nervous and scared. To make readers nervous and scared‚ we need to create a thrilling atmosphere. A dark area with lots of weird sounds (could be wind blowing or the wow of animals) and a few scary details would be perfect to do this. The details‚ although very small‚ are the

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    ways‚ Act One‚ Scene V‚ effectively introduces this link between passion and reason exacerbated through underlying tension. The device of the Ghost initially symbolises the disruption of the Great Chain of Being on which the Elizabethan society of the epoch was founded due to the tension created by the passionate crime of Claudius for the throne. The Ghost explicitly introduces these concepts through its initial contact with Hamlet and its repetitious‚ blunt language ‘So art thou to revenge‚ when

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    Henry James’ The Turn of the Screw is arguably one of the most haunting ghost stories of all time. Still to this day‚ it leaves critics debating and there is not a clear consensus about what is true. It appears that only James himself knows the answer. The writing techniques and ambiguity through the use of characters and their relationships leave the reader questioning everything. Only the small fragments of truths‚ amidst daunting realisations‚ invalid coincidences and veiled madness; where is

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