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    Horror Story

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    Maya Zelaya Hour 6 10/30/12 King’s Horror Dark and cold‚ those were the two words that described the room. The only illumination was from the faint moon‚ a tempting ghost for a young and anxious soul. The room‚ though‚ held two souls‚ was accompanied by the lingering smell of pepperoni from a pizza. One of the souls was resting on the wood floor of the room and the panels creaked beneath his body as he shifted in his dreams. Although‚ creaking of the flooring was not the only thing to be heard

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    The Horrors of Poe

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    In the early 1800s‚ Edgar Allan Poe introduced a new type of literature to the United States. He introduced gothic horror and other horror stories to the US. His stories inspired many to write new literature like Stephen King and many others. His entire career had shaped created a new style unknown to the US. Poe creates an atmosphere of horror with plot‚ setting and internal dialogue. One way Poe puts fear into the readers is his use of internal dialogue. In the story “The Tell-Tale Heart”‚ the

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    elements in his writing. When he wrote‚ the reader had a sense of fear and darkness. This captivates audiences and keeps them reading. In The Masque of the Red Death‚ Edgar Allen Poe uses a castle setting‚ supernatural events‚ and the metonymy of horror to convey good gothic literature. The Masque of the Red Death conveys characteristics of a gothic story such as a setting in a castle. Prince Prospero owns a big castle in which he uses to escape the Red Death as shown in this quote: “This was an

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    the horror in movies

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    The Horror in Movies Life is full of common and expected but yet‚ very frightening situations‚ events‚ or circumstances such as natural disasters‚ wild animal attacks‚ been aggravated by violent individuals‚ strange and chronicle illness or situations that threaten the safety or people’s life. There are also other events that rarely occur in people’s lives but are even more frightening because there are mysterious and dark beings involved. Humans know very little about these entities and the

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    McCrae‚ Kirkup and Owen Present their Opinion of War? Through the poems "No More Hiroshima’s" and "Mental Cases‚" the poets convey their views on the impact of war‚ and the devastation it can cause; Owen’s powerful account of the effect of war on the soldiers‚ and Kirkup’s poignant description of the destruction of Hiroshima‚ is in stark contrast to McCrae’s patriotic language and use of euphemism in the poem "In Flanders Fields. Written from personal experience of war with Owen and McCrae‚ and by

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    When “The Yellow Wall Paper” was first written it was understood as a horror story; Society at the time did not understand its true meaning until later on in history. Gilman‚ the author of “The Yellow Wall Paper”‚ never intended his story to be Gothic Horror‚ but with the story being focused around the mental illness of a woman‚ many viewed it as just that. This story proves the statement “women have been socially‚ historically‚ and medically constructed as not only weak‚ but also sick” (Suess).

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    how does owen convey‚ in disabled‚ what the young man has lost in war? Disabled by Wilfred Owen is a poem that describes a young soldier who has been disabled by war‚ having lost both his legs and an arm. His future consists of recovering in an institute where he has nothing to do but reflect on what his life once was and what he has lost‚ such as his beauty‚ youth and independence. The poem reveals a set of changes in the man’s life from pre-war‚ when he was a young handsome football hero‚ to post

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    2010 and 15 years of Age British war poet‚ Wilfred Owen‚ incorporates many techniques of poetry writing in his works. As a soldier‚ Owen often wrote poems which described the misery and hardships on the fronts of World War One. To illustrate the image and scenes of the conflict‚ Owen uses an array of techniques which can be noticed in his poem “Dulce et Decorum Est” In the poem‚ “Dulce et Decorum Est”‚ Owen recollects the event of a gas attack on returning soldiers. Owen writes the poem in his own voice

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    Peace Archive I believe that World War II could have been prevented by the US being more involved in other countries problems. The US could’ve stepped in when Hitler asked to take over those territories. Also I think World War II could’ve have been prevented by keeping peace between each country and stopping Hitler before he got to powerful. If the Allied powers have taken action it might have prevented the outbreak of World War II. For example: * If the US sent troops into

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    The Amityville Horror

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    The Amityville horror is my chosen topic which I am going to write about for my report. I have chosen this particular topic as the field of criminology is one I find really interesting and hope to study it further at university. I have recently seen the film of the ‘Amityville Horror’ and found it intriguing so I thought I would study it further. In this report I intend to cover ‘the murderer’‚ ‘the murder’ and the theory behind the crime. Ronald Defeo JR was born and raised in Brookln. He

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