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    Southern Gothic Fiction

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    Sean Tinsley Eng 151C-33 3/08/2013 Southern Gothic Fiction is a genre of literature unique to the American south. Major influences of the genre itself were the culture‚ religion‚ and economic standing of the south at the beginning of the 20th century. Many who read southern gothic are transported into a grotesque fantasy world where ideas of death‚ good versus bad‚ and god are all prevalent. Many American authors were greatly influenced by the ideas of southern gothic literature such as “Harper

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    October. However‚ it will only be available on the Fridays‚Saturdays as well as Sunday. The theme park will then be designed into a horror place. The theme for every year will be different. This year the theme is set as‚ “Rise As The Blood Moon”. The haunted house this year was something quite relatable and often heard of. For example‚ “Hell House”‚ “The MRT”‚ “Siloso gateway Blk 50” and “The Tunnel”. And the scare zones are‚ “The Invaders”‚ “Conterminated”‚ “Hungry ghost”. This is not the first year

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    researcher about ‘’this haunted house’’ that they went to together. ‘Haunted’ is one of the first adjectives

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    Canterville

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    Hiram B. Otis. Mr. Otis travels to England with his family and moves into a haunted castle. Lord Canterville‚ the previous owner of the castle‚ warns Mr. Otis that the ghost of Sir Simon de Canterville has haunted the castle ever since he killed his wife‚ Eleanor‚ centuries ago. But Mr. Otis dismisses the ghost story as bunk and disregards Lord Canterville’s warnings. When the Otis’s learn that the castle is indeed haunted‚ they succeed in victimizing the ghost and in disregarding age-old British

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    ’Kubla Khan‚’ by Samuel Taylor Coleridge‚ is one of the most enigmatic and ambiguous pieces of literature ever written. Allegedly written after a laudanum (an opiate) induced dream‚ the author claims to have been planning a two hundred to three hundred line poem before he got interrupted by a ’man from Porlock‚’ after which he had forgotten nearly all of his dream. This may have been merely an excuse‚ and the poem was scorned at the time for having no poetic value‚ one critic even going so far as

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    The Purpose The intended audience for Homers Epic Poem The Odyssey is a wide one. Homer was a bard and he would go to noblemen’s parties and tell this story for entertainment‚ the gusts would go back home and tell their families the stories‚ the servants would over hear while serving and spread them as well to other servants and maids. Homer was far from being the only person to tell his stories and people are still reading them in the 21st century. Because the story was well known and told by

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    English Halloween Essay

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    bags. “Annie! I’m bored‚ we have enough candy! Can we please go back to your house‚ or do something fun for once! Like if we go to a haunted house‚ or go to the park and scare some kids‚ anything!” I look at Andrew‚ trying to figure out what he just said. Something fun? I ask myself. “Well‚ theres this one house on the corner. It’s apparently haunted. But no one knows for sure. There has beed evidence of flickering lights‚ moans from the house‚ and even shadows from the windows.” I

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    THE HOUSE THAT WAS NEVER BUILT BY HENRY LAWSON I’ve choosed The House That Was Never Built by Henry Lawson as a subject for me to discuss on the relevant theories in it. After reading and analysing the story‚ I’ve discoverd psychoanalytic criticism is the most relevant theories that suit with the main character and the narrator himself. What is Psychoanalytic Criticism? Psychoanalytic Criticism here means when the narrator apply methods of treating emotional and psychological disorders in literature

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    Delhi Metro

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    with three prophecies‚ then disappear into the air. Macbeth is already Thane of Glamis (the first prophecy) and is astonished when he is suddenly made Thane of Cawdor (the second) and wonders whether he will soon be King (the third). At the Royal Palace at Forres‚ Macbeth hears the announcement that Prince Malcolm‚ Duncan’s eldest son‚ will be heir to the throne. If his ambition to become king is achieved‚ Macbeth realizes that at least two people must now die. He sends his wife the news in a letter

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    Toni Morrison's Beloved

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    major theme‚ apparent throughout the story‚ is the supernatural. The notion of haunting is very evident since the characters are not only haunted by Beloved at 124‚ but are also haunted by their past. The story of Beloved is not only about freeing oneself of a ghost‚ but also about releasing one’s hold on what happened in the past. Sethe is the most severely haunted throughout the book‚ both by her past and by Beloved. Her past haunts her with what happened to her and what she did. She was beaten so

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