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    gothic horror tale that presents with an excellent concept. The idea of a mother leaving behind a will that stipulates that the men in her life are eligible to become the guardians or keepers of her kids is very appealing‚ but add the idea that the children are evil or sinister‚ makes for an even more chilling and lurid tale. The tone is dark. The setting nicely establishes the gothic atmosphere. It feels authentic and there’s an ominous and gloomy tenor to the script fitting with the story type.

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    curiosity. Albeit relatively new‚ both fantasy and horror (also respectively different) are successful and popular as genres‚ for they are able to satisfy the basic human emotion of curiosity and are able to cater towards the human imagination. Sigmund Freud explains how children’s role-played imaginative worlds become suppressed adult fantasies and are therefore tended to go through various mediums; literary fantasy being among one of them. Horror has been able to capitalize on the human’s natural

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    Literary genre that takes its beginning in the early nineteenth century. The genre is named after the goths‚ which were a Germanic tribe that sacked Rome and ushered in the Dark Ages. The literary genre itself appears a long tine after the Dark Ages‚ but the genre evokes the Dark Ages in style and content. Stylistically‚ it often deals with gargoyles. Old mansions. Great‚ vast wilderness. Exotic locations. A lot of references. The monsters: Mad scientists ( Dr. Frankenstein)‚ vampires (Dracula)

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    The Holocaust The Holocaust was a tragic event that changed the perspective of many people. “The Holocaust‚ or the Shoah‚ destroyed about 6 million Jews” ( O’Donnell 115). One term used during the Holocaust was anti-semitism which is defined as hostility and prejudice against Jews. Other groups that were targeted were gypsies‚ the disabled‚ Slavic people‚ Communists‚ Socialists‚ Jehovah’s Witnesses‚ and homosexuals. The rise of Hitler during the 1933 fueled anti-semitism that caused many dreadful

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    The Horrors of Ballet

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    Emily Whittaker Cause & Affect Rough Draft Word Count: 1‚081 (Essay itself) Ballerinas: Behind the Tutus and Glamor When people attend the exquisite performances of ballet recitals most are captivated by their form‚ how they maneuver ever so gracefully like a leaf falling from a tree in the autumn months‚ their beauty and how on stage they can appear to be anything they desire. However‚ behind the glamor‚ the slippers‚ the makeup‚ lies an eminent issue affecting these performers. Ballerinas

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    Student Essay My country is spanless‚ and everything that is associated with it is very dear to me‚ meaning a lot. Since my early childhood‚ parents have inculcated a strong patriotic love to Kazakhstan in me‚ to it’s rich nature in particular. The Republic of Kazakhstan is an open-air museum with magnificent natural attractions‚ and on it’s mineral abounding soil‚ marvels like boundless steppes‚ long-living forests‚ supreme mountains‚ seeking rivers and crystal clear lakes gratify the soul

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    Horror of Holiday

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    This summer I went to camp with my friends. It was one day and night trip. There were about 12 children. We put up our tent near the river to hear river flows and swim. To me beginning was extremely nice. But suddenly it rained so heavily. Because of the rain we all got wet and cold. Although we knew there were no branches that didn’t wet‚ we decided to collect branches to make a fire. Also it was getting darker. So I climbed the forest with my 5 male friends. The one of them was climbing more higher

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    Horrors of War

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    To all the man-made machinations‚ war is the most mischievous and dangerous. It is said‚ “Man proposes‚ God disposes.” But in case of war‚ God proposes‚ man disposes. War is not a natural calamity. Hence the entire responsibility for war falls on man. Sometimes‚ one is apt to doubt that if man is in any way different from wild animals. Ever since two men appeared on the earth‚ they have been quarrelling with each other. According to WEB Yeats‚ men fight with each other like weasels in a ditch

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    2/15/2012 To: World 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

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    THE AMERICAN HORROR CINEMA Christophe CHAMBOST ISIC.L2.cinéma Evaluation : Un devoir sur table en examen terminal avec 2 questions de cours (exemple : une question sur le gothique et une question sur un cinéaste) → 50% de la note Un dossier à faire en groupe : prendre une scène d’un film fantastique Américain qui nous paraît intéressante Fantastic The origin of the fantastic as a literary genre started in the 18th century. At that time there was no films but there was an interest for the macabre

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