And so‚ attempts like “Miyar House” (2011) are important. Written and made by film-maker Ramchandra PN‚ this documentary is his personal story‚ that covers the dismantling of his ancestral house in a remote village called Miyar (Karnataka‚ South India). Armed with just a digital camera‚ he and his friend Ajay Raina document not just the dismantling of the house but of the past itself. They also interview the other owners of the house and gather what the process of change and migration means
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page or two. "Now they’ve found it‚’ one would be certain‚ stopping the pencil on the margin. And then‚ tired of reading‚ one might rise and see for oneself‚ the house all empty‚ the doors standing open‚ only the wood pigeons bubbling with content and the hum of the threshing machine sounding from the farm. "What did I come in here for? What did I want to find?" My hands were empty. "Perhaps its upstairs then?" The apples were in the loft. And so down again‚ the garden still as ever‚ only the book had
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“Ligeia” and “The Fall of the House of Usher” have many of the standard gothic elements like remote settings and supernatural occurrences. While there are some gothic elements in both “Ligeia” and “The Fall of the House of Usher‚” the use of gothic elements is more pronounced in the later. When comparing the use of gothic elements in “Ligeia” and “The Fall of the House of Usher‚” it is clear that the use of gothic elements is more notable in “The Fall of the House of Usher.” One common element
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Old House Memories For many years I’ve been haunted by the little old house I grew up in as a child. There are so many bad memories it’s hard to remember the good. I would lose many nights of sleep. I would lie on my back and gaze into darkness and wait for daybreak. The memories of arguing‚ fighting‚ and horrible nightmares are all I could remember about the house. The house was located in Blackville‚ South Carolina. I was in my bed one evening when I was awakened. Voices filled the
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The Mysterious Woman ‘The night before Halloween and Frank and Kyle were sitting on the dock at Kyle’s Lake House talking about what they were going to do the next day on Halloween at that moment they decided they were going to have a senior Halloween party at the old abandoned school a few blocks down from their Lake house. They then decided they were going to look through the attic and find decorations for the party. When they got to the attic there was a black cat lurking in the corner. Frank
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The main thing is‚ why don’t they just leave? The answer in the best haunted house literature is‚ they don’t leave because they cannot. Something keeps them inside. When someone takes on a house they form a bond between self and architecture. Houses are where people have to go when they are trying to hide. This makes it all the more terrifying when the houses turn on us. Our houses are everywhere. Author Shirley Jackson doesn’t require her characters to investigate and discover the real identity
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announcement of Dr. Rank’s and Mrs. Linde’s arrivals. It is Christmas Eve. Nora Helmer enters the house with packages and a Christmas tree. She pays the porter double what she owes him and eats some macaroons. Her husband‚ Torvald Helmer‚ comes out of his study and addresses Nora with tenderness and authority‚ calling her his "skylark" and his "squirrel." Nora tells Torvald that she wants to show him what she has bought‚ and Torvald teases her for being a spendthrift. Nora replies that she and Torvald
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The setting of a story is by far the most important aspect because it is what sets the mood and tone. A haunted house at night creates a different sense of danger and mystery compared to a setting with a small little house and bright skies. Gothic means darkness and to be truly gothic‚ I believe a story must contain at least one if not all elements such as nighttime‚ supernatural‚ and fear of an unknown setting. It is because of these stories that these elements are considered scary today and I think
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Mackenzie Williams Dr. Farmer ENGL 1113 28 October 2014 Ghosts of the McBride House The relatively small town of Fort Gibson‚ Oklahoma is placed between the county lines of Muskogee and Cherokee counties. It is a peaceful place‚ with small town families and respectable pasts. But this quiet landmark of true Americana is shadowed by the spooky haunting of the Historical McBride House. Built in 1895‚ the Historical McBride House was once the grand home of Dr. McBride‚ a local physician. McBride had the
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A Doll’s House Essay I can never really trust my eyes to tell me the unguarded truth if someone wishes for the truth to be concealed. The line between what is real or not real is often misconceived‚ especially in a society such as the one in A Doll’s House. Henrik Ibsen‚ the writer of this enthralling play‚ intended to show just how obscure the lines were in Victorian society. A Doll’s House is a story about how a young woman is so dazed by her society’s expectations that she doesn’t even
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