Essays 1 - 30
we are all insane, than sanity becomes a matter of degree." The difference is, according to King, is that those who are completely...
fantasy), horror has generated the most serious study. Fright master Stephen King credits this to the acclaimed literary trilogy...
This essay pertains to Wilfred Owen's poem, which captures the horror of World War I. Five pages in length, seven sources are cite...
Project" serves as an excellent example of a film-maker taking full advantage of the inherent fear of all modern humans regarding ...
scientific research, as part of his effort to understand the vampires and he discovers the bacterial cause of the vampire plague. ...
central point of the narrative. The company accountant is the first character to refer to Kurtz and he tells Marlow that Kurtz i...
resisted the imposition of another name, Gustavus Vassa, by his master. Nevertheless, despite being treated as an animal, Douglass...
stronger than that instinct. He believed that if there were no checks and reins required by civilization that humans would just te...
In nine pages this research essay discusses the importance of horror, fable, and myth genres in terms of intellectual development ...
manages to resurrect herself momentarily from her entombment before falling dead upon her brother, causing his death also. The hou...
As We Think: Reflections on Horror and/or Criticism" author Steffen Hantke explores the horror genre as it exists in the contempor...
action shot at a car race. To rely on an old clich?, he is "bored to tears." He spends most of his convalescent time sitting at th...
of violence and vengeance. The author explains that it was when she was in Maglaj that she came to a full understanding of war; t...
demented that he becomes a vessel for their agenda. Beginning with the setting, King has executed a masterful scene of susp...
horrifying story of the evil of greed, set against the backdrop of the Sierra Leone civil war. This paper explores the messages of...
The First World War had impacts not just on the areas embroiled in the warfare but on the...
The Tiananmen Square incident that occurred on June 6, 1989 in Beijing China epitomized the desperateness of many Chinese...
confines of the city and go to parts that are not yet secure. The part they desire to see is their old home, to gather some items ...
Hoping to succeed this time, the good doctor gives his complete attention to Cole, even if it means neglecting his wife, Anna (Oli...
In five pages this paper considers Aristotle's genre definition and the psychological theories of Sigmund Freud in this examinatio...
the horrific murders of her school friends tips off the audience that she is the deranged killers elusive victim. The audience is...
In 5 pages this paper examines how the horror short story genre was developed in 'Rappaccini's Daughter' by Nathaniel Hawthorne an...
In five pages this reality text by Remarque on the horrors of war as experienced by young Paul Baumer during the First World War i...
In eight pages this 1986 film is examined in terms of the horror genre and how it has always warned against the social changes res...
anxiety, continue through most of his lifes work. "Illness, madness and death were the black angels that kept watch over my cradl...
as seen in the more recent Rocky Horror Picture Show, the cult classic appeals to audiences because it portrays a different perspe...
In six pages this paper examines the approaches to the horror genre by directors Alfred Hitchcock and Steven Spielberg in this con...
In eight pages this paper examines the messages that exist within horror or ghost stories. Eleven sources are cited in the biblio...
The feminist rewriting of fairytales as reflected in this short story by Angela Carter is considered in a paper consisting of five...
quiet sense of mystery introduces us to the events. We gain a sense of suspense and a bit of mystery in the fact that Mr. Utter...