What makes a good scary story? A good scary story is only good if it’s based on something that happened in reality and could happen to anybody. My story is something similar to that. Now that I look back at it‚ maybe it was just the sugar rush I had from the Surge soft drink. It had my blood pumping and my heart beat was racing. I haven’t been back to those woods since that day; however‚ there was still a part of me that wondered if what I saw was there in reality and not just my imagination. Either
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In Guy De Maupassant’s short story "The Necklace"‚ the main character‚ Mathilde Loisel‚ makes several ironic discoveries. These discoveries form the story’s climax and produce a surprising ending. However‚ the central discovery of the story‚ that the jewel is fake‚ is‚ perhaps‚ not the most important point of the story. The point of the story is that pride goes before a fall. In the opening paragraph of the story‚ the author immediately tells us Mathilde looks herself as a "pretty and charming girl"
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be saved?" Both stories‚ Maupassant’s "The Necklace" and "A Story of an Hour" by Chopin portray two different yet alike women‚ who refuse to accept their destiny and deny the life of women of their class. They are both lost‚ and are looking to be saved‚ however‚ they find themselves in a big trouble just when they think they succeeded in their search. Nature plays a major role in both of these women’s lives. Both struggle to find their independence and the endings of their stories are both triumphant
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The Ghost Story Because of all the recorded evidence of paranormal activity‚ this leads to the evidence being real. Yet‚ because of skeptics and nonbelievers debunking the evidence‚ some people are led to believe paranormal activity is fake. Many people have obtained facts that suggest ghosts are real. Whether someone believes in ghosts or not‚ there will always be logical theories and unanswered questions to ghostly encounters. Ghost stories have been told through real-life experience (hauntings)
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The graveyard was dark and shadowed; tulips lined the cobblestone pathway that led to the mausoleum‚ looming darkly against the feeble moon. I strode through the graveyard‚ glancing nervously around at the shadows that lay thick upon the graves like a shroud. Tulips‚ protruding like withered stakes from the ground‚ lined the pathway‚ and I could smell their sickly-sweet odor as I approached the mausoleum‚ looming above me like a forbidding monument to the feeble moon above. “Rachel!” I cried out
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themes and symbolism in The Necklace Daniel Saltzman ENG125 Professor Praniewicz 7-11-11 Exploring literary themes and symbolism in The Necklace Literary themes are the underlying reasons for writing. Writers write their work to convey the theme through creative stories and literary vehicles. Other writing tools are used to tell the story with the hope of touching the reader with an overall message or moral of the story. Many stories use character development
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They were not criminals and if they signed the paperwork they were agreeing to be just that. Mother refused to sign as a show of dignity and pride. These attributes are nonmaterial things that the guards could not take away from Lina’s mother. This story is about compassion‚ determination‚ love‚ hope‚ and miracles. I chose compassion because of the shocking ending in which the guard is the one that really helps the prisoners to survive. Even in the face of total hopelessness‚ there are people who still
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Sita Lama Prof. Tracie Hernandez English 1302 March 26‚ 2017 “The fake Necklace” Guy de Maupassant is a French novelist and short story writer. His style and subject are usually classical simplicity‚ clarity‚ and objective clam. He depicts himself as an unhappy character of greed and desire about disillusioning of a lonely woman in the story (Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia‚2016). The Necklace is a classic fictional story. It gives the real picture of fashionable world of Paris in 1880s. Generally
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Nyame was out of her element. Several times she had been hit on by “alpha” males ready to force themselves upon her. She carefully directed them to other more submissive females in the room. The other females in the where use to this type of behavior in fact they adored it but she did not. This whole scene was new to her and as she scan the place there was really no other newcomer here at least none that stuck out as bad as she did. Nyame was not the naturally submissive type. She usually had
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Nov. 7 2012 Enc 1102 The Irony In "The Necklace"‚ by Guy De Maupassant As I worked on my pervious paper‚ I questioned myself if there was a literary term and if there was which one over powered the story. As I began research for this essay and typed in "The Necklace by Guy De Maupassant" in the Google toolbar‚ I saw the word irony and quickly came up with the question as to‚ where is the irony in the story "The Necklace"? To my surprise‚ this story surrounds itself with irony being found in
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