In every dark story many authors use gothic elements to intensify the suspense on what will happen next. In " The Fall Of The House Of Usher‚" Edgar Poe uses suspense‚ symbolism‚ and gloomy atmospheres to pave the plot of the story. In "The Fall Of The House Of Usher‚" the author uses suspense to give the reader uncertainty about the conclusion. For instance‚ the author specifically creates suspense by creating wonders and attempting to conclude what will happen next such as‚ " I dread the events
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And in the rooms of archives like Bad Arolsen lie millions of stories waiting to be told. At the baroque palace in Bad Arolsen‚ on huge sliding shelves marked with the names of the camps‚ cities‚ battles‚ regions‚ in alphabetical registers‚ lurk unfinished stories‚ trapped fates‚ big and little personal histories‚ embodied histories‚ there are people huddled
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and then profuse bleeding from the pores‚ lasting about half an hour until killing it’s victim. As The Red Death is rapidly spreading throughout the country‚ Prince Prospero is optimistic and derives a plan. He decides to lock the gates of his palace inviting only a thousand of his peers to be spared from the disease. After five months the Prince throws an elaborate masquerade ball‚ decorating each room in a certain color. The first chamber was vividly blue‚ the second was purple along with
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returned. Christine is passionate about debunking horror story myths and has made multiple documentaries and written many books about her findings on these stories. Today she embarks on her journey to the castle of many murders. Before today this palace was
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Edgar12 Edgar Allan Poe born January 19‚ 1809‚ Boston‚ Massachusetts‚ U.S. died October 7‚ 1849‚ Baltimore‚ Maryland. American short story writer‚ poet‚ novelist‚ essayist‚ editor‚ and critic‚ famous for his cultivation of mystery and the macabre. The atmosphere in his tales of horror is unrivalled in American fiction‚ earning him‚ rightfully‚ the title of father of modern horror literature. His tale "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" (1841) initiated the modern detective story. His
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He senses that the house itself is causing much of his illness. His reading of the “The Haunted Palace‚” the poem on page 93 and 94 reflects his fear of a once glorious‚ vibrant place becoming a decrepit and deteriorated one‚ much like the structure of the physical house and of Roderick himself. As his fears increase‚ his perception of his surroundings
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Qin Dinasty was one of seven Kingdoms which fought to reign over the Chinese empire around the 300BC. At this period‚ the king of the Zhou Dynasty was always the leader of the empire‚ but he could no more make no decision. The dynasty of Qin is one of the briefest but also one of the most important Chinese dynasties. Its administration indeed corresponds to the implementation of the imperial order and opens the way to the powerful dynasty of Han. Towards the end of Zhou Dynasty‚ in this period so-called
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The Elements of Poetry Chapter 21: Reading Poetry * Metaphor—figure of speech that makes comparison between two unlike things‚ without using the word like or as Ex: From Catch by Robert Francis “…tossing a poem together;” * Anagrams—words made from the letters of other words Ex: From Mountain Graveyard by Robert Morgan “stone notes slate tales” * Narrative poem—a poem that tells a story Ex: From Nighttime Fires by Regina Barreca “When I was five in Louisville
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Assess Jack Mapanje’s response to censorship and oppression. Jack Mapanje is a Malawian poet and author who was born in 1944. He was the head of English at the University of Malawi before being imprisoned in 1987‚ allegedly for his collection ‘ Of Chameleons and God’s’ which criticized the administration of President Hastings Banda. He was released in 1991 and emigrated to the UK where he worked as a teacher. The poem "The Song of Chickens" (4) protests against a master who protects his
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THE BASIS OF KING’S NOVELS: FROM THE GOTHIC NOVEL TO POE Since childhood the King of horror‚ Stephen King was very fascinated by the unusual and "the dark side” of man. In fact‚ at the age of ten‚ he discovered the horror genre after seeing the film about extraterrestrials Earth vs. the Flying Saucers. Two years later‚ the little King in his aunt’s attic‚ found his grandfather’s books‚ who was fond of the authors Edgar Allan Poe‚ Howard Phillips Lovecraft and the British television writer Jamie
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