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    SERIAL KILLER Darious L. Anderson May 23‚ 2013 SERIAL KILLER Darious L. Anderson May 23‚ 2013 Anthony Edward Sowell – “House of Horrors” Anthony Edward Sowell – “House of Horrors” Mr. Anthony E. Sowell is a sociopath suffering from a number of mental disorders. Anthony suffers from Anti-Social Personality Disorder (ASPD)‚ Sadistic Personality Disorder‚ and Inferiority Complex Disorder. He also has a psychopathic personality‚ based on The Biosocial Theory‚ and The Pleasure Principle

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    a very broke author. The Time traveler’s wife carries suspense because without it there would not be a point to the book. Another example of the importance of suspense in literature and in this book would be that with suspense‚ like when henry -the main character- gets shot‚ it keeps the reader entertained and engaged. Without an engaged reader this book‚ as well as literature‚ would not be popular if even existent. Finally‚ without suspense‚ literature would not hold the number one beauty of life

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    Title: Little Shop of Horrors Type: Musical Script Author: Howard Ashman The story of Little Shop of Horrors is about a young man named Seymour Krelborn who is a nerdy orphan working at Mushnik’s flower shop in urban Skid Row. He has a big crush on fellow co-worker Audrey. One day Seymour comes across a strange mysterious unidentified plant which he purchases and names Audrey II. Seymour later discovers that the plant feeds on blood and soon it begins to sing for its supper. Audrey has a cruel

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    In a great many stories there is suspense‚ but the story “The Most Dangerous Game” has many instances of suspense to keep the reader wanting to read‚ all based on the author’s cleverness in taking advantage of human nature. The first instance is in the very beginning- the sailors arriving at “Ship-Trap Island.” Suspense is created by the reputation of the island and the emotions of the sailors. Whitney first mentions‚ “Didn’t you notice that the crew’s nerves seemed a bit jumpy today?” The suspenseful

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    Why is “The Most Dangerous Game” a Suspenseful Short Story? “The Most Dangerous Game” is a suspenseful short story because‚ of the use of foreshadowing‚ unique character‚ and an engaging plot to develop and build the the suspense of the story. The story has some great use of foreshadowing throughout the beginning and the middle parts to make a strong foundation for the story to be engaging. The use of foreshadowing is found within conversations between Whitney and Rainsford. The reason there

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    The Horrors of Concentration Camps In 1933‚ Adolf Hitler lead a deadly regime that led to the Holocaust. His plan was to kill anyone that was unfit to the Aryan race including Jews‚ gypsies‚ and mentally ill people. Undesirables were forced to work in brutal concentration camps where they were malnourished‚ tortured‚ and worked in inhumane conditions. The most notorious camp was Auschwitz which had three parts named Auschwitz One‚ Birkenau‚ and Monowitz. Auschwitz One was the largest camp‚ with

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    harmless ghost or an angry‚ harmful ghost? In my opinion‚ it would be neither. Ghosts are actually just shadows of dead people. Meaning ghosts are harmless. The only thing that makes them seem scary and harmful is when people make up some sort of story to use the scary appearances of ghosts to make money. Remember the scary movies you’ve watched? They are almost always fake! They do that just to get rich and famous. Talk about rip-off! Ghosts may have scary appearances but their appearances are

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    Throughout American literature‚ many writers have used the subject of horror and violence within the many styles of writing during this time. The topics of Horror and Violence have been seen during slavery where it was expressed through story and autobiography about the brutal punishments of slave ship‚ kidnapping and beatings from the slave owners to slaves. We have also seen the use of Horror and Violence in more storytelling styles of writing where the writer writes about unrealistic topics to in a sense

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    Just after World War II science fiction spread throughout the world‚ with the development of the atomic bomb spiking interest‚ and oracular suspense effects of nuclear war creating impacts on the science fiction genre. Technological advancement‚ space travel‚ visit to the moon and politics‚ reflected publishings during this era. Communism paranoia widely spread during the onset of the Cold War as Americans felt threatened of their freedom. USSR and the United States both within arms reach

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    How was suspense created in three scenes in The Sixth Sense In M. Night Shyamalan’s 1999 critically adored thriller/ drama ’The Sixth Sense’ there are many scenes where we can see that suspense and tension and been built up through; mise-en-scene‚ camera angles‚ editing and sound. I will be looking at three main scenes within the scene and discuss as well as evaluate how these elements are used to create and build tensions as well as the affects that this has on the audience and why these affects

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