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    The Creation Story The Iroquois story and the Judeo-Christian story are very similar stories but they also have very different concepts. Both stories explain how the earth was created and who it was created by. They talk about different beliefs and share their opposing thoughts about certain topics. In the story about the Iroquois it mentions that the earth was started on a turtle’s back and that there was no all-powerful God. Yet the other said that earth was created by an omniscient being called

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    something that isn’t seen in many films. Caché omitted the use of extra diegetic sound. By doing this the viewer is left with silence. This is something that the audience is not used to experiencing. Horror films have been known to capitalize on the use of silence‚ but never to this extent. Generally‚ horror films use silence only to follow it with something comparable to a blood-curdling scream. However‚ Caché defied the rule. It had silence‚ after silence‚ after silence always leaving the audience

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    Hour of a Story When people with a low need for cognition read The Story of an Hour‚ they may think that Mrs. Mallard’s death was the result of a heart condition in correlation with a sudden surprise of her living husband. I believe that a heart condition is not completely to blame‚ as Mrs. Mallard was beginning to visualize and enjoy a future of free life without the governing hands of her husband. The site of Mr. Mallard stunned her‚ and forever killed away the illusions she had just dreamed up

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    Characteristics Of Effective Ghost Stories The ghost story genre is one that is very complex. Each ghost story can be told in a different way and still be effective. A ghost is a supernatural force. Supernatural themes are often associated with paranormal and occult ideas. Supernatural comes from the Latin word “supra” and means the above nature‚ anything above or beyond what holds to be natural and exists outside natural law and the observable neighborhood. Jamesian and Freud both developed

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    Budi is in a hurry. His breath is heavy. Muttering to himself‚ he runs. The path was dark and the evening wind blowing against him‚ giving him a chill. He can hear the sound of crickets echoing through the jungle‚ the wild birds calling each other with eerie tone and leaves brushed by the wind giving off whispers. None of that bothers him. He is on a mission. The situation has taken a turn for the worst. He is out of options. Although common‚ dark arts are not something to be taken lightly. He desperately

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    Dawn George The Story of an Hour In “The Story of an Hour” Kate Chopin challenges close readers to re-examine the connotations associated with death and life. For most readers‚ death represents an ending: a time of sadness and sorrow‚ while life is a joyous new beginning. However‚ in this story‚ the author portrays death as life and life as death: demonstrating the incongruity between what readers may expect and what actually occurs. Presenting Brently Mallard’s death as the commencement of

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    Katherine Mansfield Project "The Canary" by Katherine Mansfield (1888 to 1923-New Zealand) is the last story that Mansfield completed. After first being published in 1922 it was included by her husband John Middleton Murry in a collection of her work he published shortly after her death in 1923‚ The Dove’s Nest and other Stories. It is very tempting to read an especial import into this story given that Mansfield knew her death was probably close at hand. It is has been said that the English

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    November 2013 The Basement When most of us were little‚ we were afraid of the basement‚ right? You know‚ that room‚ in your house. The intense and shadowy room. Well when I was little‚ I wasn’t afraid of the basement. I watched tons of horror movies‚ so the basement wasn’t very scary to me... I had a family once‚ my parents and a little sister. I was the oldest child. We bought a new house. That house had a authentic frightening basement. When I walked downstairs‚ the old wooden stairs

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    Psycho: A Psychological Horror Movie Directed by Alfred Hitchcock‚ the movie‚ Psycho (1960)‚ is well known for its effective use of suspense to trigger tension among the audience and to complement its central genre‚ “Bad Guys and Killers.” The film revolves around the idea that violence is part of the American culture and nobody is to be trusted. It uses a myriad of settings and imagery to highlight the qualities of specific characters and hint future events. According to The Art of Watching Films

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    An Excuse for Horror: Stephen King’s “Why We Crave Horror Movies” The first Stephen King novel I read‚ Christine‚ was chilling‚ weird‚ creepy‚ and strange. But I loved it. The second‚ Carrie‚ was even less normal‚ and I was enthralled by it‚ too. How could these horror stories of a possessed‚ homicidal car and a supernatural‚ misunderstood‚ vengefully murderous teen be a story for anyone other than pre-pubescent boys? That is

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