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    Father’s prepare their children for the outside world. They nurture them with the children’s mother by their side. Father’s are protective‚ caring‚ dependable‚ etc. In Hamlet Act I‚ We encounter three fathers‚ who are Polonius‚ Claudius‚ and The Ghost. Each of these men are different from their garments to their personalities. Like all fathers they have a special bond to their children. Shakespeare uses different literary techniques to characterize these men and how the give advice to their children

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    ultimately getting much of the story from primary or even other secondary sources. Thus‚ even where the story is told with confidence‚ the narrator has given us reasons to doubt evrything. We become critical readers‚ unlike Crane‚ who believes the ghost stories he reads. The narrator also admits to complete ignorance of one of the defining moments of the story—Katrina’s imagined rejection of Ichabod—as well as to its ending. He does‚ however‚ relay a scene which he can only have knowledge of if Crane

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    principally ghosts. The ghosts were said to be created when an individual died in a terrible and brutal situation; they were also not to be trusted as devils were said to have the power to take on

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    before he even gets the chance to tell anyone about what he had discovered. The Ghost in Hamlet is obviously the Beast in Lord of the Flies. Both bringing terror and and fear and the fall of the world around them. However‚ as Simon and Hamlet both realize‚ the Beast not actually threatening or dangerous but a figment of the cruelty‚ betrayal and cowardice that is inside all of us. The Ghost could be a

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    Hamlet: A Man of Many Qualities Tanya Tugwood Hamlet is a man of many different qualities and he reveals only certain qualities to certain people. Hamlet draws his audience‚ the reader‚ into noticing the different qualities that he has. His qualities are shown through his conversations with other characters as well as through his soliloquies. These words of wisdom and revealance help to distinguish how Hamlet feels about each other character that he encounters. The phrases and speeches that

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    when we are just reading the story and never bother to watch. There was an event in the story that too much imagining things like supernatural powers came to the mind of our protagonist which was Ichabod Crane. Sleepy Hollow’s overabundance of ghost stories‚ when compared to other American neighborhoods‚ is explained by the fact that it is an old village‚ whose inhabitants are largely descendants of the original settlers. Irving paints a strong contrast between the natural setting of Sleepy Hollow

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    about their first encounter with a ghost. . From there‚ the three create an exterminating service called‚ “Ghostbusters”. Not only do they lack customers‚ but their funds run out from the government. Then they are later hired by Sedgwick Hotel to investigate a haunting. Once there‚ they capture there first ghost and from then on paranormal activities increased around New York City. The group later hired Ernie‚ due to their hectic schedule dealing with ghosts. The theme of the film is that with

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    been prevalent themes throughout theatrical history. Many authors and playwrights have written literary works involving witches‚ wizards‚ ghosts‚ and other mystical beings. William Shakespeare‚ one of the world’s most renowned playwrights‚ was no stranger to otherworldly premises‚ for many of his plays and sonnets reference other-worldly forces and people. The ghost of Hamlet’s father in Hamlet and the three witches in Macbeth are central to the plays’ plots. They are a major force in determining the

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    Emily Dickinson : One need not be a chamber to be haunted One need not be a chamber to be haunted‚ One need not be a house; The brain has corridors surpassing Material place. Far safer‚ of a midnight meeting External ghost‚ Than an interior confronting That whiter host. Far safer through an Abbey gallop‚ The stones achase‚ Than‚ moonless‚ one’s own self encounter In lonesome place. Ourself‚ behind ourself concealed‚ Should

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    building holds many hidden secrets of its murderous past‚ in which Doctors would secretly torture and experiment in the criminally insane patients. As the night approaches‚ doors windows are locked and all guests are trapped inside the hospital with ghosts‚ and terrors. I choose House on Haunted Hill because I enjoyed the whole set-up of the movie; it was the first actual movie I had seen that took place in an old criminally insane old haunted hospital. The whole suspense and thrill just kept me

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