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    Terror and Horror in Short Stories (Martynova Ann) Edgar Allan Poe‚ an American poet‚ critic and writer of the XIX-th century‚ is a world- recognised master of the horror genre. Poe’s Tales of Arabesque clearly demonstrate his talent for cultivation of mystery‚ terror‚ and macabre. The process of this horror cultivation is very subtle and complicated. Poe‚ like an artist of arabesque who intertwines and interlaces flowers into an elaborate pattern‚ weaves a net of mystery and horror and entangles

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    Why Do We Hurt the Ones We Love? “You love each other but can’t manage to communicate without arguing‚ fighting and ending up exhausted‚ each one in his corner‚ trying to lick his wounds and thinking of how to protect oneself against a new attack. And in spite of that..you love each other?” (Westt‚ James) Lorraine Hansberry’s acclaimed play A Raisin in the Sun‚ tells the story of the Youngers‚ a poor African American family in the 1950s. There are four of them‚ all living in a cramped and tiny apartment

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    Thomas Fuselier Why do we need heroes? Professor James Winters While they may be very different from one another almost every movie must have some type of hero. Screen writers and movie directors must constantly develop these different types of heroes to please the many different attitudes and opinions of movie goers. Movie enthusiast all have different reasons for liking the movie heroes they do and it is up to the screen writers‚ actors‚ and directors to successfully please the movies target

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    Schindler’s List The function of choosing black and white in Schindler’s List is to provide authenticity to the film‚ as a result it induces the imminence of the Second World War and increases the overall effect of the story. Moreover the viewers are stimulated both visually and psychologically due to the film noir style‚ providing a deeper impact on the audience‚ enhancing the brutality of the incidents‚ as well as the opposition of good and evil”the dominant interpretation offered by critics

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    Amistad was produced and released by Stephen Spielberg in 1997. Many of the main characters from the film Amistad are portrayed by famous actors such as Anthony Hopkins‚ Djimon Hounsou‚ Matthew McConaughey‚ and Morgan Freeman. The main theme of the film depicts how you should never lose hope in the face of adversity. One of the main characters of the film who was portrayed by Djimon Hounsou as Cinque a member of a tribe captured by a neighboring African tribe and being sold into slavery. Along

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    – “House of Horrors” Anthony Edward Sowell – “House of Horrors” Mr. Anthony E. Sowell is a sociopath suffering from a number of mental disorders. Anthony suffers from Anti-Social Personality Disorder (ASPD)‚ Sadistic Personality Disorder‚ and Inferiority Complex Disorder. He also has a psychopathic personality‚ based on The Biosocial Theory‚ and The Pleasure Principle Theory. Anthony Sowell was a serial killer because of the aforementioned elements to his personality. As we study Mr. Sowell

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    Argumentative Essay: “Why Don’t We Complain?” Throughout once in your life‚ you may have been confronted with a situation where you accept inconveniences instead of taking action. According to William F. Buckley‚ American people everywhere have refrained from “trying to rectify irrational vexations”. In Buckley’s essay‚ “Why Don’t We Complain?” he explains some situations that he was involved in where no one would complain to repair an uncomfortable situation. Throughout the essay‚ Buckley uses

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    Case Paper McDonald’s/Burger King Analysis Sunny Kumar Overview McDonald’s and Burger King have competed as the top two fast food chains in the nation since the middle of the twentieth century. Both of these companies established a strategy built around delivering food at a fast pace and in a consistent quality. The cases at hand revolve around one McDonald’s and one Burger King‚ both located in Hillybourne‚ so as to provide a level backdrop to compare the two restaurants in more depth

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    Why We Love Scary Movies

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    entire existence of art‚ but only the appearance of the cinema made depiction of fear as real and graphical as to make people actually see it. Over the course of the 20th century the horror movies of all kinds‚ from crudely primitive to rather intellectual have been extremely popular and remain to be so in the 21st one. But why? The main reason‚ in my opinion‚ is that‚ no matter what people say about modern world and how terrible it is‚ the fact that the life of the majority of people is much safer and

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    government to mend the breaking union during the late 1800’s. Northern and Southern states differed politically‚ economically‚ and socially; thus setting the stage for one of the biggest battles in American history. The constitution was intended to be this almighty document that united the states and kept them in balance but tension rose greatly. Even though the constitution is ultimately our most important historical “rulebook” it failed in the 1850’s being the primary cause for a Civil War. For four long

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