An essay on different genres including the Ghost genre and the Fantasy

Imagine the world without fear, where everyone wouldn't be scared of anything, but without fear, you won’t be able to think twice about your decision and you can meet get yourself killed. Fear is always with you can't get rid of it even if you tried fear is a type of nerve and it needs to be exercised. If the horror movie would occur, then you would know what to do in that situation. The horror genre is right for young readers because it's fictional, and was basically young adults were 12-13 years old.

There are a “set” of rules that every ghost story must retain, throughout the ghost stories we have read there has been similarities within each author’s structure of writing . some aspects that these specific storys must posess are that there must be some sort of death or tragedy, they do this because if the death is unidentified it causes mystery and drama . . There also must be a section in the story when the suspense begins to rise and the fear of the main character grows making them slightly

The spookiest experience of my life was when i saw my grandmother sitting in her old chair after she died. This scenario is related to Gothic Literature and Magical Realism because it contains supernatural things like a ghost, a strange or scary plot, and a gloomy mood. Those two genres are similar because they both show dull and odd events throughout the stories. However, Oates’ “Where is Here”is an example of Gothic Literature because it contains a spooky and egear plot, an ambiguous ending, and tortured characters.While Julio Cortazar’s “House Taken Over” is an example of Magical Realism because it uses weird, strange plots that seem regular as if it were a part of daily life.

Both Watchmen by Alan Moore and Ghost World by Daniel Clowes comment on an individual’s role in the political sphere through similar themes but differing narratives. Most notably, the two graphic novels focus on the motif of graffiti and the varying political attitudes and motivations of the characters. Ghost World focuses on Enid’s response, an apathy that allows her to thus remove herself from the political sphere and any potential progress. On the other hand, both Rorschach and Ozymandias of Watchmen make elaborate efforts to mend the political unrest, but they are unintentionally distanced from the experience of the average citizen’s political struggle and cannot comprehend realistic cause and effect. Consequently, none of the characters

In the novels that I have chosen to study, several themes are prominent in both. Both novels deal with a brutal murder of a young female, and the impact surrounding her death. They also deal with the idea of the dead, directly or indirectly communicating with the living. The novels address the theory that ‘ghosts’ cannot move onto the next life until they have resolved unfinished business on Earth. The idea that the living are tied to those who die and untimely death is also present in both novels. As well as these themes which are present in both novels, the novels also share a similar non linear

In Irving’s short story death is not as gruesome and chosen as the main gothic element. The reader is introduced to death in this story, when Rip return back to the village only to find out that his wife and dear friends have died in the last twenty years. However, the ghost’s in the story are chosen to be more prevalent, when Rip hears his name being called while up in the mountain crowded with complete darkness and surrounded by dark forces. The idea of it being something supernatural begins to scare Rip: “Rip now felt a vague apprehension stealing over him; he looked anxiously in the same direction” (Irving 15). The dwarf’s overall put a mysterious aspect in the story as they are ghosts that return back to the mountain and re-visit every twenty years.

Pictured on the back cover of the comic book "Ghost World," by Daniel Clowes, are the two main characters of the book in full color. This strikingly significant image, surely shrugged off by most Clowes' readers, represents worlds of diversity within the frames of the book. Sporting pink spandex pants underneath her goldfinch yellow skirt and a blue t-shirt to match perfectly, Enid seems to live her life outside the bubble. She's a very dynamic girl, especially interested in her surroundings and people around her. On the other hand, Becky is dressed like a "typical" girl, with a long black skirt and a white blouse, thus representing her conforming presence in the world. Becky is much more passive than Enid, going with the flow of

Despite the fact that the format in which a story is told can create a plethora of differences, the genre can link stories together across medium. Horror has ties to stories that date back hundreds of years and use similar conventions which allow one to classify these stories together in the horror genre. Part of what makes a classical horror story is some form of a supernatural element that tends to focus on either life or death however since the introduction of visual media certain stylistic conventions have been adopted in order to create an emotional effect in the audience. Although the genre tends to link together stories from medium such as film and video games there are still drastic differences between them due to core differences in their functionality that are able to change the way in which one receives the story.

The Haunting of Hill House, by Shirley Jackson, revolutionized the horror genre of books. It started a completely new trend in how horror books were written. Unlike previous books, The Haunting of Hill House uses terror rather than horror to elicit fear and emotion from the reader and utilizes complex relationships between the mysterious events in the house and the very different characters in the novel. At the end of the book, the reader realizes that none of the questions that have been burning through his or her head have been answered. Jackson refuses to shine a light in every corner, answering the questions of her readers. Her original and (at that time) never before seen writing style caused readers to speculate and create theories for their questions, one of which is what in the book haunts Hill House? Because of this, readers from around the world have been theorizing what exactly stalks the halls of Hill House and haunts the characters of the book sin 1959, the year the book was published. There are hundreds of different theories, but in the end they all revolve around two smaller questions: Was Hill House an entity that haunted its residents or was there something that haunted Hill House?

The spookiest experience of Myah’s life was when she went to Knotts Scary Farm and someone came up behind her and pulled her backpack and then grabbed her. This scenario relates to gothic lit and magical realism realism because of the bleak setting. The genres of gothic literature and magical realism are different because in gothic literature there is usually something supernatural that occurs while in magical realism the story begins ordinary but magical or unrealistic events occur that are not necessarily supernatural.

The telling of ghost stories was used as a way of entertainment especially around Christmas time and it was also very common for upper class Victorians to participate in seances where they would try to make contact with the ghosts/spirits of their dead loved ones. However this was not the only reason, in the later Victorian age, with many people having a great mixture of beliefs there was a disaffection with organised religion and more

'The Tell Tale Heart' is located in a house that is probably old as a

Picture this. The father of modern crime and detective stories, known as Edgar Allan Poe, is sitting down about to write a beautiful piece of writing and BAM! He whisks away into a story of love, death, and just plain out horror; either characters are losing someone near and dear to their hearts or they are plotting to kill. Edgar Allan Poe, at a very young age, lost both of his parents, and later on in life, lost his wife to tuberculosis, so in one way or another, these stories reflect off of his personal experiences. A major theme in Poe’s writings is death. The theme of death is seen throughout the works of Annabel Lee, the Cask of Amontillado, the Raven, and the Black Cat.

Chills run up and down your spine and you begin to feel goosebumps on your arms. Quickly, the cold envelopes you and you feel frozen. What is this? It is the effects of horror fiction. You might be wondering, what in fact is the horror genre? The horror genre is not only the stories told at midnight about ghosts and ghouls. It is simply a story with suspense and tensions. Other details could be added such as good versus evil and supernatural versus natural. The setting might be very spooky and the descriptions probably alarm the reader's senses. “The Tell-Tale Heart” fits the horror genre because of the plot and descriptive writing.

The days have given way to longer nights, and the warmer days are now cool and crisp. The air is thick and green. At night you can smell fresh cedar wood, fireplaces burning, and hear the cracklings of bonfires in the distance. Inside you curl up in your favorite chair, wrapped in the warmth of a fleece blanket, next to you a simmering, sweet cinnamon and pumpkin candle. In your hands a 1902 copy of Turn of the Screw, which you found at an old book fair. The sweet smell of those century old pages is intoxicating, and the story, strange, and sinister. You think there is nothing like a good ghost story to chase away the October chill.