Movies have been praised as the ultimate art form; combining photography‚ motion‚ visual arts‚ acting‚ music and writing to create a dream-like experience. If movies are dreams‚ then horror movies are nightmares‚ and if they are nightmares‚ then why do we watch‚ create and enjoy them? Unfortunately‚ this burning question has yet to receive a universal answer‚ although the movies themselves‚ the brain’s activity and the multiple theories are all clues pointing towards the explanation of humanity’s
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The novel Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde‚ written by Robert Louis Stevenson‚ is based off a nightmare. He was interested in what can make a person bad and good at the same time. Stevenson used imagery‚ diction‚ and details‚ to convey a grim mood. In Stevenson’s novel‚ he used creepy imagery to convey a grim mood. “...the hair stood upon my head like quills” (92). This shows that when Poole saw the mysterious figure‚ he was spooked. “In the bottle of acids were long ago resolved” (77). The bottle
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begin to sing before the sun rises as if they were chanting prayers. As I lay there the morning breeze blows in the smell of fresh cut grass. My family and I would spend our time together cooking outside and telling scary storiesw. I would sit beside my parent for comfort from the scary stories being told. I startle myself by looking into the dark streets and picturing abnormal creatures. I felt safe with my parents beside me. I remember having
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Horror Fanatics In Stephen King’s article‚ “Why We Crave Horror Movies” published in Playboy in December 1981‚ he gives his opinion on why we love it when he scares us to nightmares. King argues that horror films allow a safe release for what would otherwise be expressed as insane or even criminal behavior. Horror films have been around my life for as long as I can remember. By now you would think I would have a reason I love them so much; to be honest I don’t‚ but there’s just something about
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and bad ghosts. People don’t hate good ghosts because they don’t hurt people. They are willing to know and stay with good ghosts. On the contrary‚ evil ghosts are scary. Those vile ghosts’ presence always means misfortune since they often hurt others without thoughts (thinking) and make others’ lives suffer. Lafcadio Hearn in “Nightmare-Touch” states that being touched by ghost is the common fear of people. However‚ a ghost’s touch is not the common fear of people. What
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Graces Pasithea. They had four children called the Oneiroi. The oldest one was Morpheus the wing god of dreams who can take any form of a human in a dream. The next oldest was Phobetor was the god of personification of nightmares he created scary dreams and he could take form of huge scary animals. Phantasus the second youngest was the god of illusional dreams he made dreams that is illusional and he had no animus form. The Youngest of the Oneiroi was Ikelos he made the more realistic dreams and the
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Dear 6th grade student‚ Do you have a lot of nightmares with zombies‚ ghosts‚ and other scary nightmares? You probably do because us humans have a lot of conflict in our bodies. I want give you some advice for writing a good story. A reader is a small book filled with many short stories that can be fiction or nonfiction. I have two stories in my reader that can back up my advice and explanation. The first story is titled Leveraging the Humans Brains Hunger For Story by Doug Rekenthaler‚ Jr. The
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Mango Street is a story of a girl growing up in not the best of conditions. She also struggles with fitting in. The book "Night" and "House on Mango Street" differ in their use of figurative language; whereas the symbolism of Night is dark like a nightmare‚ so that it can show the hardships of the holocaust. The symbolism of House on Mango Street is bright and hopeful to show where Esperanza is and wants to be when she grows up. Night uses symbolism where Elie first walks into Auschwitz
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sapphire brilliance. Yawning widely as he propped his spine against the headboard‚ John stole a glance at the bedside clock and dismally noted that it was only six in the morning. “Everything alright‚ princess?” John rubbed his eyes. “I had a nightmare.” Daisy exhaled with a shiver and paused for a fleeting second. Her eyes never left the floor. “Daddy…what – what happens when you die?” The question lingered in the air. Still groggy and
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disappointed in you Timothy. Please go to the office.” Mr.Purple said as all of the other students quietly sneered in their seats. Extra Credit Picture 1- “Dad‚ I’m scared! I had a nightmare!” cried Alec‚ as his Dad came to help him. Picture 2- “In the bad dream I was being chased by monsters! I don’t like monsters! They are very scary!” Alec explained as cried. “It’s ok‚ Alec‚ it was just a bad dream you are going to be alright.” Alec’s Dad whispered to get Alec to calm down. Picture 3- “All the monsters
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