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The Turn of the Screw by Henry James continues to stir up an immense amount of controversy for such a short novel. Making a definite, educated decision on the actual truth considering the countless inquiries that develop while reading this story proves more difficult than winning a presidential election. That being understood, taking one particular side on any argument from a close reading of the story seems impossible, because the counter argument appears just as conceivable. Any side of the controversy remains equally disputable considerably supported by textual evidence from the novel. One issue which, like the rest, can be answered in more than one ways is why Mrs. Grose believes the

Appearing to be the evilest, deranged, and flat out psychotic killer of all villains in “The Dark Knight”, The Joker is the main antagonist of Batman. He is the complete opposite of Batman, in everything from appearance, to ideals. The Joker views murder as a sport, and will not hesitate to toy with his food before he eats it, even if said food are the men he has hired to work for him. As intimidating as he is psychotic, in the movie he seems to struggle with an identity crisis. Which would put him in Aristotle’s list of character types as a Vicious/Self-indulgent. The reason for that would be that in the movie he states that he is tired of just stealing money from other people he is in shear he of something more which would be toying with Batman as if he were a baby playing with its food. Therefore represents the fact that the joker used to know what was good and was wrong, but choose to do the wrong which made him Incontinent/Soft. Then again I feel like the joker didn't choose to become the way he is now, it was just his childhood that made him like that because in the book he keeps on talking about his tormented childhood. He now has no morals for himself to the point where he doesn't care what he does and is now just knowing the bad, doing the bad, and having little or no regret which makes him a Vicious person.

A literary convention is a specific pattern like a repetition of a word, phrase, character, or setting. They are recurring patterns in particular literary genres and are present in many novels, short stories, plays, and sonnets. There are many different literary conventions or tropes in the stories that we have read, but I am choosing to write about the film The Dark Knight by Christopher Nolan. There are also many within the film, but the one that stuck out most to me was Jokers famous saying, “why so serious?”. When he says this his tone of voice is almost angry, or he may even sound mentally insane. There are two stories from where The Joker says that the saying “why so serious” originates from. The most notable one is that his father was a drunk and killed his mother. Then his father asks him “why so serious”, and decides he should have a smile, so he put a knife in his mouth and cut his face from ear to ear. This phrase and the way that he says it ends up making people of Gotham more scared then they maybe normally would be. The phrase could also mean that order will never be contained, that somehow someway chaos will always rise. I think that by the different stories about his scar, his actions throughout the film, and by his famous “why so serious?” phrase, Joker is a psychopath who is mentally deranged, yet maybe not insane, and somehow he is very intelligent. The phrase is something that occurs very frequently in the movie. It has also become a very popular saying

Throughout “The Dark Knight” by Christopher Nolan crime and deviance is seen throughout the film. Crime and deviance in The Dark Knight has two faces as society accepts crime for those whose are helping them and at the same time punishes those who are punished. Society in Gotham accepts crime when the Batman commits it to help for the betterment of society; however, crime is not accepted when it is committed by mob bosses, gangs, criminal cops, and most importantly through the joker. The forms of deviancy/crime which are seen throughout the film is the Labeling Approach, Human Rights Approach, and Human Diversity Approach.

Alfred Hitchcock was a renowned film director known for his elements of suspense and psychological thrillers. His most popular work Psycho is adapted from a novel of the same name written by Robert Bloch. The story of a phoenix secretary (Marion Crane) who embezzled money from a client is used to unveil the psycho in the male character (Norman Bates). The success of the film is greatly relied on Hitchcock’s unique techniques in creating tension and suspense. Elements that contributed to the success of the film include motifs, and narrative perspective used.

On the other hand, readers are reluctant to rely on her as a narrator because her inner thoughts display her defense mechanisms that alter her reality. While some readers might assume James uses first person narration to heighten the mystery and horror of his Gothic Tale, those who consider the Governess’s narrative in light of Psychoanalytic criticism see that The Turn of the Screw exposes the subjective nature of reality.

Alfred Hitchcock is known by man names: the Master of Suspense or “Hitch”. His movies have reverbed through the cinematic world as pinnacles of their respective genres. “Psycho”, his most well-known work released in 1960, has been retrospectively dubbed one of the greatest movies of all time and the definitive horror-suspense spectacle. His movie-making techniques and unconventional trailers distinguished himself from other filmmakers of the day, rendering him one of the most controversial names in the industry. But his successes were not without their preliminary faults. In his youth, he was frequently abused and harshly chastised for his weight and height. He was sent to police stations by his father with the intent for him to stay five minutes

Most of us are looking elsewhere and hence is not able to see the peril immediately before us. This may make us easy prey (Lehman 9). David Thomson, a distinguished film critic and the author of “A biographical Dictionary of Film” has written the book The Moment of “Psycho”: How Alfred Hitchcock Taught America to Love Murder for which Neil Genzlinger gave a brilliant review in New York Times. Thomson on the 50th Anniversary of the release of Psycho gave a display of his erudition in relation to Psycho by placing it in the Hitchcock’s oeuvre by liking its theme to the dangers of loneliness to Rear Window and The Birds and its voyeurism to Strangers on a Train and other movies. In a chapter titled “Other Bodies in the Swamp” he explored and gave an indication of

In the equivocal Victorian novella The Turn of the Screw, author Henry James details events surrounding a tyrannical, oppressive governess as she assumes the care of two seemingly angelic children and subsequently delves deeply into insanity. Purposefully ambiguous, this story is left open to numerous interpretations ranging from viewing it as a frightening ghost story to a tale of manipulative, inherently evil children. In the psychoanalytic perspective, which follows teachings from prominent figureheads such as Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung, analysis of the text reveals that the apparitions were merely hallucinations, viewable only by the protagonist. When reading the novella with this interpretation, it should also be seen in a satirical manner,

Gothic horror has been an interest to many people for centuries. It first peaked around the 1790’s. It is a stylistic genre of horror that uses a set of characteristics to cause a sense of fear in the audience or readers. The Turn of the Screw, by Henry James, who also wrote his story in 1898 during the Victorian area, uses gothic horror conventions to reflect the complexity of the human psyche which, leaves the audience with a sense of ambiguity, or fear of the unknown. The Turn of the Screw is a great short story that uses rhetorical and literary devices to express a ghost story. The story involves a governess who becomes obsessed with the idea of trying to prove that there are ghosts in the household, while also trying to do her job of protecting the children. She often encounters two ghosts that she believes are trying to corrupt her pupils, and are also communicating with them without her knowing. Henry James uses his story to invoke the fears of the Victorian era; fears of which include the corruption of children, potential evil, and the reliability of a governess in a household.

Henry James's The Turn of the Screw paints a landscape that is ripe for psychoanalytic analysis. He has chosen language and syntax that symbolize his main character's psychological fragmentation and her futile attempt to mend herself. Many of Lacan's theories emerge as the Governess reveals her motivations through her recollective narrative.

The Turn of the screw by Henry James is regarded as one of the most fascinating psychological thrillers of all time. Published in the late nineteenth century, this novella sets up a narrative story of a young lady who appears to have seen the ghost of the former dead employers of the place where she was working. In this novella Henry James combined drama, suspense, and mystery to make it one of the most preferred stories among the readers of all generations. The Turn of the Screw raises many questions, however: Is the governess going crazy? Is she really seeing the phantoms of those dead former state workers? Is she innocent? Is she the villain or the heroine of

The film analyzed in this essay is “Psycho” (June 16, 1960), the film was directed by Alfred Hitchcock and its author is Robert Bloch. The genre of “Psycho” is horror and thriller, it means the audience is placed to be scared and fear something. Also, the viewers are needed to think of what is about to happen next because after all it is a suspense movie. Throughout this essay it will be shown how Hitchcock chose to use the combination his elements to create a feeling of suspense and horror. Throughout this essay it will also be demonstrate how these two hitchcockian elements : the cool platinum blonde and the presence of a domineering mother in someone's life, are used in the film “Psycho” to create fear and confusion in the audience’s mind.

Arthur Cotterell, author of The Illustrated A-Z Classic Mythology: The Legends of Ancient Greece, Rome, and the Norse and Celtic Worlds, described Loki by saying, “He was a mischief-maker, trickster, and shape-changer, and grew progressively more evil until the coming of Ragnarok, the end of the world.” Loki is only one of the many Norse gods and goddess, but he is the only one described as a trickster or evil god. In many cultures the mythologies often depict how actual people acted. Throughout history we can see different and similar gods and goddess or heroes and villains in the culture. Loki, god of fire and trickster, and the Joker, from The Dark Knight version 2008 movie, are very similar in the way they act and how it reflects in

July 20th 2012 held the midnight premiere of the anticipated film, The Dark Night Rises, this night was also the premiere of an idea in my head, that I passionately hated guns. The Aurora shooting was a massacre that carved a deep impression on my beliefs in relation to guns and even more so, the moral people. It was after that incident that I began to see America’s ethical spine for what it really was, bent and partially broken. As the ethical backbone of this country continues to twist and curve in uncomfortable directions, I fear the safety of the future. A dark night did rise in that midnight hour and continues to do so with every incident and heartbreak this country endures. Life is no longer sacred, hope is deferred and this nation is lost searching for a solution.